Tag Archives: Censorship

Good News! The Press is Out to Get You

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Will Moss

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk about PR in China to a journalism class at Beijing Foreign Studies University. In any student talk the Q&A is always the most fun, and this group was no exception. Among … Continue reading →

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Facebook + Instagram + China = Take a Deep Breath

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Will Moss

So, Facebook bought Instagram for a billion bucks. Awesome for those guys. I, alas, did not get rich in either of the Internet startups I participated in. But you can’t put a price on experience, right? Deep sigh. Anyway, Instagram … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s China playbook

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Will Moss

As you have undoubtedly heard by now, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend* were spotted in Shanghai on Wednesday. This has lead to a completelypredictable round of speculation as to whether this signals some new development in Facebook + … Continue reading →

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A handy cheat sheet for interpreting the Google China story

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Will Moss

Should Google have been in China? Did they make the right move in pulling out? Will this influence the Chinese government? What does it mean for foreign businesses in China? Are they evil or not? Who knows? Not me. And … Continue reading →

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Google detonates the China corporate communications script

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Will Moss

Imagethief stumbled blearily to his computer this morning expecting a relaxed scan of the news but found the Chinese Twittersphere ablaze with the news of Google’s bombshell blog post, which went up in the middle of the night early this … Continue reading →

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Seriously? They blocked IMDB?

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Will Moss

Imagethief is as annoyed by the Great Firewall (or Net Nanny or what-have-you) as anyone who lives in China and uses overseas social networks. One of the great joys of mypox-afflicted Christmas vacation was having one of my annual bursts … Continue reading →

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Communication is the real lesson from the Green Dam Youth Escort fiasco

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Will Moss

So Green Dam + Youth Escort blocks images based on skin tone. But what if I like Afro-porn? These, and other important questions are arising now that serious analysts (which is to say, people other than me), have had some … Continue reading →

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Why I’m not in a tizzy over China’s new Internet filtering software

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Will Moss

Another day, another censorship-related thing to get bent out of shape about here in China.This week it’s the dreaded “Green Dam Youth Escort” internet filtering software, which goes right to the head of the nominee list for the annual Imagethief … Continue reading →

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What the “grass mud horse” means and doesn’t mean

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Will Moss

Warning: This post contains vulgarity in an academic context. Those with weak constitutions are advised to stop reading and visit this wholesome site instead. The New York Times has an interesting story about Chinese Internet users putting a stick in … Continue reading →

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I’m sorry, the government has killed your story

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Will Moss

Colleagues from American and European offices often ask Imagethief how PR in China is different from PR in the west. Usually I give a two-part answer. First I tell them that were they to step into our offices in China … Continue reading →

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