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Tag Archives: Politics
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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Getting your hopes up for news liberalization?
Don’t buy the keg just yet. Here’s a translation of an article from Party journal Seeking Truth from the excellent China Media Project. The thesis is that relaxation of media and news controls lead more or less directly to collapse … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Media, Politics, Propaganda
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Who collided with whom in the Diaoyu islands?
The Japan Probe blog, using material drawn from the ever-reliable ChinaSmack, has contrasted Japanese and Chinese news illustrations of the recent collision of a Chinese fishing boat and Japanese coast-guard vessel in the Diaoyu islands. As you can see from … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Nationalism, Politics, Propaganda
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Sinica: The Guo Degang scandal plus China apologists
This week’s Sinica is a great show. We covered two issues, one current and one chronic. The current issue is the Guo Degang affair, in which the student of a famous Beijing crosstalk performer struck a BTV journalist in murky … Continue reading
Unsolicited advice for Xinhua’s new CNC TV news outfit
To listen to people moan about the fact that China has sixty “Confucius Centers” in the US to America’s zilch-nada in China you’d think the Chinese were wrapping up hearts and minds around the planet while America gets relegated to … Continue reading
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