Category Archives: Advertising and Marketing

Big numbers for a book signing

Yu Dan (于丹) signs 15,060 copies of Things I Learned from Zhuangzi (于丹《庄子》心得); Wang Xiaobo’s complete works have typos that no one will take responsibility for.

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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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Bootleg-mobiles, sutras retold by Wang Shuo, and bad habits in contemporary fiction

Bootleg fantasy novels sold out of the back of a van; Wang Shuo retells the Diamond Sutra in his new book ‘My Thousand-year Chill’ (我的千年寒); Modern Chinese lit started with ‘Flowers of Shanghai’; today’s novels have problems with glibness, says Hu Chuanji.

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From Hollywood to Haute Couture
by Michael Rank

Michael Rank reviews a number of knock-off trademark applications: Chanel, George Clooney, Lenny Kravitz, YSL, Warren Beatty, and Lancome.

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by Michael Rank

Sweet secrets: a Reader’s Digest of Sex

Sexy psychology magazine.

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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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Gold books on the black market

Gold books (黄金书) can’t be sold openly, but there is a thriving black-market trade in the popular Spring Festival gift items.

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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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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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