About William Moss
Trans-Pacific spin doctor. Head of Global Media Relations at TSMC. Occasional writer of humor and PR analysis. This is a personal blog and opinions are my own. More information at “About Imagethief“.
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Author Archives: Will Moss
Why American tech companies betrayed me, not China
American technology companies are helping China censor the Internet. I am angry and disappointed — probably more than the Chinese people actually affected. Yet, in a world full where corporate amorality is often taken for granted, why does this bother … Continue reading
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Sanitized For My Protection: Imagethief’s Self-Censorship Policy Explained
In a recent comment, an old friend of mine posed a very interesting question: Do you think much about where the “line in the sand” is for you personally? Just how far can you take criticism of China in your … Continue reading
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The money weasels catch my scent
This morning I received my first call from an expat “money manager” since moving to Beijing. This is one of the great curses of being an American overseas. In fact, it afflicts all expatriates, but American’s get special treatment due to … Continue reading
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The abstraction of diplomacy and the reality of rocks through windows
From my blog reading, some of the widespread conclusions about the ongoing stream of anti-Japanese protests in China are: The nominal grievances, Japan’s textbooks that gloss over culpability for wartime atrocities and generally insufficient post-war contrition, are, in reality, minor. … Continue reading
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The strange medical odyssey of Tiny Cat
As regular readers know, I had to pay USD$600 in shady cat-graft to get my two, dime-a-dozen Singapore drain cats, Tiny and Xiao Xiong, out of Chinese kitty Stalag when they first arrived in China. (How’s that for your Foreign … Continue reading
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A scholarly analysis of the economics of PR in China
It occurs to me that, despite having been a Beijing PR professional for six months, I have yet to write anything about working in Beijing, as opposed to just living here. So let me tackle that by talking about one … Continue reading
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In praise of Google in China
The BBC’s website is blocked but many international apartment buildings get BBC World. My colleague was watching the BBC in her Beijing apartment this morning when a report on Google’s agreement to censor key words and sites via its upcoming … Continue reading
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Tiny and Xiao Xiong’s bogus journey
Or: The Headlong Collision of Two Kitty Cats with the Chinese Bureaucracy In the run up to our move to Beijing, one issue loomed large: what to do with our two house cats, Tiny and Xiao Xiong. Now, I can … Continue reading
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So you want to study Chinese in Beijing
The pros and cons of Worldlink Education Last spring, for selfish personal reasons, I quit my perfectly good job in Singapore and abandoned my wife for three months to come to Beijing and study Mandarin. I am now living and … Continue reading
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The standard issue chairman mao
I had never before lived in a country where there was a real cult of personality. China has fixed that. Oh, Americans give it their best shot. God bless them if they don’t want Reagan on everything these days: Ships, … Continue reading
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