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Tag Archives: Propaganda
Consultants say hardened Chinese death-nerds are coming for your daughters
Yes, it’s true. Those Chinese death-nerds are everywhere. They’re in your bank account. They’re in the Pentagon. They’re sending naked pictures of themselves to your daughter. And they’re completely invulnerable to all known countermeasures! Or at least that’s the terrifying … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, China in the News, Internet, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Technology
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Chinese cyberspies? Sheer lies and heinous fabrications!
Alright, I confess I made up the “heinous fabrications” bit. But the “sheer lies” sound bite comes straight from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has clearly worked hard to make sure that its representatives around the world are working … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, China in the News, Internet, Nationalism, Propaganda, Public Relations, Technology
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If you’re angry about Guns’n'Roses surely it must be 1991
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the Global Times, the nationalist tabloid cousin to the staid People’s Daily, which has decided to get indignant about the new Guns’n’Roses album, “Chinese Democracy”. It’s not that the Chinese people don’t have … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, Global Times, Media, Pop Culture, Propaganda
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Tibet and the trouble with unassailable national myths
Outside of Young Frankenstein there isn’t really any such thing as a “good time” for rioting, but this might be an especially bad time for China to have a bout of punishing ethnic unrest. It hasn’t really been a banner … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, Crisis Management, Media, Nationalism, Politics, Propaganda
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Was the China corruption website collapse story “newsiness”?
The greatest contribution that comedian Stephen Colbert has made to modern society is the concept of “truthiness”. Reading from the Wikipedia definition, truthiness is: …a satirical term to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or “from the … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, China in the News, Journalism, Media, Politics, Propaganda
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What to make of Edwin Maher?
Imagethief found the LA Times article on CCTV9′s western anchorman, Edwin Maher, quite interesting. I didn’t have time to comment on it when it first appeared, but in general I found the story balanced as it presented both criticisms and … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, CCTV, China, Journalism, Media, Propaganda, Reputation
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Notorious MDA: The Singapore government raps
From time to time someone will ask me why I left Singapore for China. This is a fair question. I lived there for nearly a decade, Mrs. Imagethief is Singaporean, and I have great affection for the place. Usually I … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, Politics, Propaganda, Singapore, Soft Power, Weird
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The up is red
Imagethief was enrocketed to read on Friday that China’s taikonauts –whom I prefer to call “astronauts” because “taikonauts” sounds like they should be exploring my sugar bowl– are considering starting a Communist Party cell in outer space: “If China has … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, Politics, Propaganda, Weird
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Why patriotism won’t save the Chinese film industry
Imagethief was intrigued to read in an AP article a week or two ago that Han Sanping, Chairman of the government-backed China Film Group, has called for more patriotism in Chinese movies. Han minced no words, saying: “The reality of … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, Business, China, Media, Politics, Pop Culture, Propaganda, Soft Power
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Bang! China shoots its own Olympic PR in the foot
Imagethief, who has bid for something on the order of RMB12,000 worth of Olympic tickets, is trying resolutely to remain optimistic about the Games. Unfortunately, it’s proving harder as time goes by. Tomorrow marks the one-year-remaining milestone. This should be … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, China in the News, Crisis Management, Media, Olympics, Propaganda
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