Tag Archives: China in the News

Bullet in the head: Marquee executions and public communication

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

As has been widely reported, the Chinese government has got round to making an official example of Zheng Xiaoyu, the disgraced former head of the State Food and Drug Administration who became the poster-boy for China’s rippling food and drug … Continue reading →

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China’s food crisis PR strategy: Blame everyone else

Posted on June 4, 2007 by

A few weeks into China’s rippling food quality crisis a PR strategy is coming into view. It’s a classic one: blame everyone else. Unfortunately, it’s not likely to be all that effective because of two things. First, China does actually … Continue reading →

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Did the “Genocide Olympics” influence China?

Posted on May 16, 2007 by

Propaganda and censorship are two sides of the same coin. Both share the same goal: to enable an individual or organization to shape consensus in a group. They often work together. Censorship eliminates competing ideas, creating a void in which … Continue reading →

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Olympics mean a softer touch for foreign correspondents, maybe

Posted on December 2, 2006 by

Ed Cody of the Washington Post’s Beijing bureau has written an interesting story on a new decree from the Chinese government that will grant foreign correspondents in China significantly more freedom in the months before and after the games. The … Continue reading →

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The elephant in the newsroom

Posted on October 23, 2006 by

Imagethief was interested to read in yesterday’s People’s Daily Online a brief articlereporting on a conference to address the problems that China’s international news organizations face in reaching foreign audiences. The discussion focused on how China is portrayed by services … Continue reading →

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Tank Man’s place amongst the iconic images of my lifetime

Posted on April 18, 2006 by

In the last couple of day’s I’ve been slowly winding my way through Frontline’s documentary, “The Tank Man“, which is now available online in its entirety. Only the first page is accessible in China, but the rest of the content … Continue reading →

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By chopstick to the moon

Posted on March 22, 2006 by

Imagethief was interested to read in today’s China Daily that China’s government is slapping a consumption tax on several items, including disposable chopsticks and luxury yachts. I think this is just and wise, and should be done. The reason why  … Continue reading →

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Harbin aftermath: Government vows to thoroughly scape all goats

Posted on December 7, 2005 by

Catastrophes are fun to watch, but not nearly so much fun as the aftermath of kicking, screaming and recriminations as blame is liberally heaped and fingers pointed. Katrina lasted only a day, after all, but the operatic fallout has reverberated … Continue reading →

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The Harbin water crisis

Posted on November 25, 2005 by

A couple of days ago, in response to a link I posted to his roundup of articles on the Harbin water crisis ESWN put this comment up on my site: As you are the PR expert, how would you have … Continue reading →

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How to write a generic China bird flu story

Posted on November 8, 2005 by

Bird flu may not be sweeping through the human population, but it’s sure sweeping through the media. It seems that every newspaper and wire service has packed their Beijing reporter off to the poultry-infested boonies of China (which begin right … Continue reading →

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