Author Archives: Robert Ness

China Businesscast: Tom Doctoroff of JWT

Tom Doctoroff is CEO of JWT Greater China and author of the book ‘Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer’.

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China Businesscast: mobile web and marketing with Naviblog

Mobile marketing firm Naviblog With about 140 million PC Internet users and 450 million mobile subscribers, people are questioning whether or not the mobile device will surpass the PC as the primary means for accessing the Web in China. Naviblog … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Henry Winter of SmartClub

Henry Winter, CEO and founder of Shanghai-based online company SmartClub, gives insight into the economics of loyalty points and virtual currency, such as why it is better to make a prize out of a Black Eyed Peas T-shirt than an Ipod.

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Valentine’s Day Google logo reads ‘Googe’

Google’s logo for Valentine’s Day is hard to make out.

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Thief maps lets netizens fight crime

An overlay for a map of Nanjing pinpoints petty crime.

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Mobile phone advertising: will datamatrix codes work?

Print media that you’re not meant to read. In a recent talk with Johan Vakidis, creative director at OgilvyOne Shanghai, I learned that Ogilvy is preparing to incorporate datamatrix (dm) codes in their advertising campaigns in China. Put simply, these … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: interview with James McGregor

McGregor on Xinhua: “We should have driven a stake through their heart ten years ago.” In 2005 James McGregor released his book One Billion Customers, Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. The book became a best … Continue reading →

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Soaking up the Taiwan Straits

The politics of absorbency Amidst the many consumer ads endlessly flowing from the plasma screens in grocery stores across the country, one stands out for its interesting message. The ad is for Hearttex (心相印) napkins. It features a teacher who … Continue reading →

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Sex and manufactured scandal: The Blood Sex Tape

A hoax film ‘Blood Sex Video’ (流血的黄色录象): a documentary crew accompanies Liu Zhimin on his bloody quest for vengeance when his girlfriend falls to her death after the couple’s sex tape is released on the Internet.

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China Businesscast: Republishing Shaun Rein Interview

In the last episode of Danwei FM’s China Businesscast, I interviewed Shaun Rein on the topic of strategic consulting in China. For our mainland listeners who couldn’t listen because of internet difficulties, I am republishing the interview using our mainland … Continue reading →

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