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Defusing a verbal arms race

Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:53 AM by will
Danwei has republished an interesting article by author and businessman James McGregor. It's absolutely worth a read. McGregor is one of the most experienced and astute China analysts around. As a flack, there was one paragraph in particular that struck Read More...
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Monday PR blog: Don't panic!

Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:13 AM by will
I spent most of Friday evening working on a company project with a colleague, a young American woman, who will be traveling to England soon. As we hacked our way through an awards submission (not my favorite way to spend my Friday evening) she confessed Read More...
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Tuesday PR blogette: Economic nationalism

Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:55 AM by will
I don't know who "Gizmo" is, but he or she has just started a blog and as just the third post put up a very interesting and relevant piece on the topic of economic nationalism. This is an issue of pressing concern for everyone who does PR or marketing Read More...
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Deconstructing HRW's report on China

Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:39 AM by will
I have a lot of time for Rebecca MacKinnon . She has worthwhile things to say about China, and she's been an energetic and outspoken advocate for a more open media and Internet environment in China and a greater degree of accountability from the foreign Read More...
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A few interesting stories

Posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 12:53 AM by will
After a busy week (and a nasty Friday flu) I had a chance to catch up on news and blogs. Some interesting stories from today and the past couple of days. Most are China related, a couple are not. All are interesting. Niger Delta in flames An awful place Read More...
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Thursday PR Blog: Are journalists an endangered species? (Updated)

Posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:56 PM by will
A friend of mine, who is one of the editors at ITJourno Asia , a trade publication for IT Journalists in Asia, wrote to me recently and asked me to comment on a speech given by Richard Edelman, CEO of the eponymous public relations firm at a PR awards Read More...
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Press releases with Chinese characteristics

Posted Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:00 PM by will
In my job I am regularly exposed to Chinese press releases from various sources (often not my clients, I hasten to add). We sometimes send these releases for translation into English for our clients. As one of the few native English speakers in the office, Read More...
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Google's Brin on operating in China

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:48 PM by will
Having recently suggested that it was important for the founders of US Internet companies at the heart of the China/Censorship issue to address it themselves, I was interested to see that Segey Brin of Google has in fact done so. He didn't do it in direct Read More...
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Shock news: Censorship is good for business

Posted Monday, February 27, 2006 8:54 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to see in this morning's China Daily a report from a seminar held earlier this week by the Internet Society of China in Hainan. From the article, the annual meeting of the Internet Information Service Commission was a shining Read More...
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Monday PR Blog: The disappointing silence from the top

Posted Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:32 PM by will
It's been nearly two weeks since representatives of Cisco, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google testified before the House Subcommittee on Human Rights about their various entanglements with China. As expected, after blowing hot in the run-up to the testimony, Read More...
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Thursday PR blog: Blam! Oops!

Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:24 PM by will
Both barrels? Imagethief will remain aloof from the petty, partisan assaults on Vice President Dick Cheney concerning his delay in reporting the shooting of his hunting buddy, Harry "Bullseye" Whittington. Instead, Imagethief, despite warm shivers of Read More...
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In praise of Google in China

Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:52 PM by will
BBC's website is blocked but many international apartment buildings get BBC World. My colleague was watching BBC in her Beijing apartment this morning when a report on Google's agreement to censor key words and sites via its upcoming google.com.cn service Read More...
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Thursday PR blog: Karen's memo

Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:25 PM by will
Since I have no time to write today --again-- I will continue yesterday's practice of sponging, like some kind of grotesque, digital housefly, off of other good blogs. Via ESWN's recommended reading, an interesting article from The Nation . This is not Read More...
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Sunday PR blog: Pimp my Chinese ride

Posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:52 AM by will
The Chinese caused quite the media storm at the Detroit Auto Show last week. Apparently, there are big ambitions to crack the huge American automobile market open and start flooding US highway s with cheap, Chinese cars. This is a concept that should Read More...
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Saturday PR blog: Congress to grill US net firms on China

Posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:55 AM by will
The US government has begun to take note of what American Internet firms are doing in China. A report in CNET's News.com from technology policy journalist Declan McCullagh (also now picked up by Rebecca MacKinnon , Asiapundit , etc.) says that two congressional Read More...
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