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Tag Archives: Public Relations
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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Four lessons from the Burson-Facebook fiasco
I’m ridiculously late to this, as usual, but people keep asking me about the Burson-Facebook thing because of my years at Burson, so I thought I’d post the gist of the response I’ve been giving. If you’re not familiar with … Continue reading
China and the nature of Facebook
Reports have been percolating for a couple of weeks that Facebook will partner with Chinese search engine Baidu to launch Facebook China, or something similar. Anyone who has followed the history of foreign Internet firms in China knows that this … Continue reading
Tagged China, Ethics, Facebook, Google, Internet, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology
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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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Apocalypse box part one: Thinking unthinkable thoughts
Note: This is part one. Part two is here. Apropos of today’s escalation of the Fukushima reactor disaster to “7″ (Chernobyl) on the international scale, there is something about the word “radiation” that bypasses rationality and whispers right to the … Continue reading
Sinica: Turmoil in Egypt, Groupon’s China woes, beggar children
The Sinica podcast is back following a long holiday break, and I was back on the show to help kick off the year with a lively discussion. Topics included the impact of developments in Egypt and the rest of the … Continue reading
Tagged China, Crisis Management, Internet, Public Relations, Sinica, USA
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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
PR slime – in color! Imagethief talks PR scandals on BonLive
Last month I appeared on Blue Ocean Network’s “Chinalogue” program along with Alistair Nicholas of AC Capital Consulting to discuss…PR slime! By which the producers of the show meant the recent Mengniu vs. Yili vs. Synutra PR sockpuppet slagfest. The … Continue reading
Tagged China, Crisis Management, Food, Internet, Public Relations, Reputation
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Russians show how brush off a sensitive situation
Unless you live in refrigerator box behind Longtan Amusement Park and get all your news by cranial signal from space aliens in orbit around Jupiter (admittedly, a possible part of the Imagethief demographic), you’ve probably heard about the latest batch … Continue reading