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Or Yahoo Serious, for that matter?I was raised never to speak ill of the dead. Unfortunately that lesson, like so many others, didn't really stick. So I thought I'd take a moment to reflect upon the early passing of Steve ''The Crocodile Hunter'' Irwin. I realize this is neither a China nor, strictly speaking, a PR story. But I do scuba dive a lot ...

A busy day today, so no time for witty exposition. However a few links did catch my eye today:Thank god I'm a commie boyFrom Danwei, David Moser's fascinating essay on China's schizophrenic media, including the startling revelation that John Denver was one of the first pop singers to get permission to play in China. There's no accounting for ...

After a busy week (and a nasty Friday flu) I had a chance to catch up on news and blogs. Some interesting stories from today and the past couple of days. Most are China related, a couple are not. All are interesting.Niger Delta in flames  An awful place gets worse, just as both the US and China are seeing it as one of the keys to future ...

That was the year that was. And I suppose that this is the year that will be. Until we reach 2007, in which case it will become the year that has been. Speaking of has-been (and how's that for circular), I wanted to take advantage of the new-year to link back to a few favorite posts and to recap the statistics for the site. In eighteen ...

Finger lickin' good? As someone who works in the sprawling penumbra of the marketing industry, Imagethief is fairly interested in how things are branded and what those brands mean to people. For instance, what does the ''Imagethief'' brand mean to you? Does it represent insightful and entertaining China and PR commentary? Leftish rant? Or ...

The unrepentant lefty in me glowed with shadenfreude at the cover of this week's edition of The Economist. My cheap thrills aside, it made me think that I've always enjoyed editorial cartoons; especially political cartoons. When I was at university in Santa Cruz, lo, these many decades ago, I used to pick up the Santa Cruz Comic News every ...

Because they suck. Let me elaborate. Over the past decade living in Asia, I had formulated a simple policy: never fly a US air carrier anywhere that an Asian carrier will take me. Over the years, this policy has served me well, as I used airlines such as Singapore Air, Cathay Pacific, EVA, Thai and even, god help me, Garuda. My ...

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I don't even know where to start with this one. It seems like North Americans have some kind of strange mental illness that forces us to compartmentalize Chinese into one of two stereotypes: The terrifying yellow horde that will sweep across the planet and consume us all (see previous post) Harmless rubes and nerds who couldn't find ...

I'm too hassled and busy at the moment to put together a bunch of posts, but there are a few things I wanted to comment on today. Rebecca, if you read this, I apologize for grouping you in such dubious company. First, the China Daily Cartoon of the Week:   Japanese whaleburger. Subtle. Always nice to see China, ever the conservation ...