Welcome
My name is Will Moss. I've been living in Beijing and writing Imagethief since 2004. I am currently Director of Communications, Asia-Pacific, for Motorola Mobility. This is a personal blog. The opinions here are my own and not necessarily those of my employer. For more information see About Imagethief or contact me at will [at] imagethief [dot] com.
Imagethief on…
-
Tags
Beijing Best of Imagethief Books Business Censorship China China Daily China in the News Coverups Crisis Management Economy Environment Ethics Food Global Times Google Gratuitous Cats Internet Journalism Media Military Nationalism Notices Olympics Parenthood Politics Pop Culture Propaganda Public Relations Rants Rectified.name Reputation Resident Alien Scuba Diving Shanghai Singapore Sinica Soft Power Technology Travel USA Video Weird Whatever XinhuaMeta
Alternate RSS
Imagethief is also available on RSS via Feedburner.Archives
- May 2012 (3)
- April 2012 (3)
- March 2012 (3)
- January 2012 (1)
- December 2011 (1)
- November 2011 (2)
- October 2011 (1)
- September 2011 (2)
- August 2011 (4)
- July 2011 (3)
- May 2011 (4)
- April 2011 (7)
- February 2011 (2)
- January 2011 (2)
- December 2010 (6)
- November 2010 (9)
- October 2010 (7)
- September 2010 (4)
- August 2010 (2)
- July 2010 (8)
- June 2010 (10)
- May 2010 (9)
- April 2010 (6)
- March 2010 (20)
- February 2010 (7)
- January 2010 (5)
- December 2009 (1)
- November 2009 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- June 2009 (2)
- May 2009 (2)
- April 2009 (2)
- March 2009 (1)
- February 2009 (1)
- November 2008 (2)
- October 2008 (1)
- September 2008 (4)
- August 2008 (2)
- July 2008 (2)
- May 2008 (1)
- March 2008 (1)
- February 2008 (2)
- December 2007 (4)
- November 2007 (3)
- October 2007 (2)
- September 2007 (2)
- August 2007 (3)
- July 2007 (2)
- June 2007 (5)
- May 2007 (2)
- April 2007 (2)
- March 2007 (1)
- February 2007 (2)
- December 2006 (2)
- November 2006 (1)
- October 2006 (2)
- September 2006 (2)
- August 2006 (5)
- July 2006 (1)
- June 2006 (3)
- April 2006 (1)
- March 2006 (3)
- February 2006 (3)
- January 2006 (3)
- December 2005 (6)
- November 2005 (5)
- October 2005 (3)
- September 2005 (2)
- August 2005 (3)
- July 2005 (1)
- June 2005 (1)
- May 2005 (1)
- April 2005 (1)
- March 2005 (2)
- January 2005 (1)
- October 2004 (1)
- August 2004 (1)
- July 2004 (1)
Tag Archives: Business
Congratulations! China milk industry assumes bogeyman status
Continuing the reputational implosion of the Chinese milk industry, I was interested to see this pithy remark in a People’s Daily (English) article about inaccurate school textbooks in Shanghai: Ye Kai, a writer, denounced that reading such textbooks is like … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Public Relations, Reputation
Comments Off
And you thought the milk business was so wholesome…
The milk business in China just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. A couple of months ago baby formula maker Synutra found itself the victim of allegations that its product was linked to early puberty in girls. Its shares … Continue reading
Monetize this!
I hate the word “monetize.” I don’t mind the idea of “monetization”, in the sense of making money or making a business profitable. I like a paycheck and a profitable business as much as the next capitalist (within limits – … Continue reading
Tagged Business, Public Relations, Rants
4 Comments
Chinese Internet celebrities, forums and other lurid scandals
Two interesting articles today, both having to do with Chinese Internet culture, and both leading into an ethical question that came up in a conversation recently. The question was this: Is it OK to put out “viral” videos that embed … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Ethics, Internet, Media, Pop Culture, Public Relations
4 Comments
PowerPoint rangers and dumb-dumb bullets
It’s a few days old, but I loved this New York Times article about about the problems arising from the use of PowerPoint in military briefing in Afghanistan: “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, … Continue reading
Tagged Business, Communication, Military, Technology
3 Comments
Sinica Podcast 5: Huang Guangyu, plus the China property bubble
Once again I joined Kaiser Kuo and repeat offenders Bill Bishop, author of of Digicha and Sinocism, and Forbes Beijing bureau chief Gady Epstein for the Sinica podcast. This week’s blurb: Huang Guangyu, the richest man in China, went on … Continue reading
A handy cheat sheet for interpreting the Google China story
Should Google have been in China? Did they make the right move in pulling out? Will this influence the Chinese government? What does it mean for foreign businesses in China? Are they evil or not? Who knows? Not me. And … Continue reading
Is Wal-Mart’s eco-consciousness in China more than PR?
Sunday is shopping day in the Imagethief household, so this morning Mrs. Imagethief, Zachary and I bundled ourselves up and headed out to Wal-Mart. Before you gasp in a fit of effete surprise, let me explain. As a card-carrying Bay … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Environment, Labor, Public Relations, USA
1 Comment
Imagine my joy at this…
Note: This is cross-posted from the old Imagethief blog. The original post is here. A few days ago, on the construction site across the main boulevard from where I live, a set of huge characters went up, exhorting the workers … Continue reading
Clearing the fog around Google China reports
Note: This is cross-posted from the old Imagethief blog. The original post is here. A quick pointer to an excellent post at the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time blog, which busts several myths concerning Google in China that have … Continue reading
Tagged Business, Censorship, China in the News, Google, Internet
Comments Off