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Tag Archives: Politics
Sinica: The gutter oil podcast (and props from City Weekend!)
I was back on Sinica this week for a lively discussion of China’s serial and apparently unsolvable food quality problems as well as SARFT’s recent ban on Hunan TV’s smash hit performance competition show, “Super Girl.” As usual, the guests … Continue reading
Did Han Han seriously dis Barack Obama?
There was a minor flutter on the China-Twittersphere a day or two ago after Channel News Asia posted a video of a lengthy interview with Chinese uber-blogger/novelist/race-car driver/heartthrob Han Han. It’s worth watching the whole discussion, embedded below, which winds … Continue reading
Tagged China, Internet, Politics, Pop Culture, Public Relations
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Sinica: Libya, Zhao Liang sells out, and slaking North China’s terrible thirst
I was back on Sinica this week for our discussion on China’s reaction to the Libya uprising, the evolving work of documentary film-maker Zhao Liang, and the state of the immense south-north water diversion project. We didn’t have too much … Continue reading
Tagged China, Environment, Media, Politics, Pop Culture, Propaganda, Sinica
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Sinica returns! Train wrecks, Weibo and the enigma of David Sedaris
After a couple of months off, Sinica was back last week. It was hard to pass up something as interesting as the high-speed rail disaster on the Wenzhou line, a story that is still unfolding and that I suspect we … Continue reading
Tagged Censorship, China, Coverups, Crisis Management, Food, Internet, Politics, Propaganda, Sinica
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Sinica: Osama, Saab goes Chinese, regulatory fun and May 4th
The latest Sinica is up, hosted by Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei with yours truly participating for the first time in a couple of months along with repeat offenders Gady Epstein, Charlie Custer and Jeremiah Jenne. Topics for the week included … Continue reading
A revealing look at the election in Singapore
There was an interesting article in the New York Times this morning on the upcoming elections in my adopted long-term home, Singapore. It’s a revealing look at how the People’s Action Party, the dominant party in Singapore, manages its grooming … Continue reading
Tagged Google, Politics, Public Relations, Singapore
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Could better PR have prevented Groupon’s China gaffe?
Unless you live on Pluto and you’re just in town for the temple fairs you probably know the situation with Groupon and their notorious Tibet ad. From within the China echo chamber it can be tricky to calibrate your reaction … Continue reading
The Nobel situation
I am not in a position to comment upon this at length, but a few quick thoughts. First, one of the best reads on the Nobel situation is a short post from former China-resident and Atlantic Monthly journalist James Fallows. … Continue reading
Capital M Trialogues: On “brand China” and soft power
On Sunday I had the pleasure of participating in an excellent discussion at the Capital-M Trialogue alongside my good friends David Wolf, of Wolf Group Asia, and Kaiser Kuo, of Baidu but probably better known to Imagethief readers as the … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, China in the News, Media, Politics, Pop Culture, Public Relations, Reputation, Soft Power, Trade, USA
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Sinica: The most harmonious general plus Li Gang and more
An omnibus installment of Sinica this week as guest host Jeremy Goldkorn, Gady Epstein, David Moser and I dig into virtually every significant (by which I mean, “entertaining”) bit of China news from the last week, including the “Li Gang … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Crisis Management, Economy, Military, Politics, Propaganda, Public Relations, Sinica
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