Category Archives: Advertising and Marketing

Ministry of Communication Problems

The Ministry of Communications (交通部) has an illogical English name. Zhai Hua (翟华) critiques it.

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Billboard for a book

Billboards for the book ‘Passing By’ (路过) by Chen Xi (尘西) were paid for by a friend of the writer.

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Please go elsewhere for prostitution

A sign in a Beijing subway station prohibits prostitution at that location. Citizens and media react.

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Not your grandma’s Antiques Roadshow

Wang Gang (王刚) hosts the Beijing TV series ‘Collection’ (天下收藏), where he destroys faked antiques.

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History books get the axe; another Zhang Yihe title falls

18 January 2007: China’s press authorities ban eight titles, most having to do with history, ‘Past Stories of Actors’ (伶人往事) by Zhang Yihe (章诒和) is among them.

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On not talking about Christmas

Zeng Pengyu writes about Chinese media not being able to mention Christmas in their reports.

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China Businesscast: Mobile Marketing

Continuing China Businesscast’s series on the mobile space in China, David Turchetti is founder and CEO of 21 Communications, a service provider that designs and carries out mobile marketing campaigns for consumer brands in China. Mobile marketing in China had … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Mobile Space in China

In the second part of our series on the mobile space in China, your correspondent interviews Richard Robinson, CEO of Dada Asia. Richard makes a case for why entertainment applications are the most compelling in the mobile business. Aside from … Continue reading →

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A ‘Branding Conference’ Not About Branding
by Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris is the pseudonym of an annoyed executive at a leading branding agency in Beijing. A ‘Branding Conference’ Not About Branding by Chuck Norris On Friday December 8th, a couple hundred advertising and marketing people from China and abroad … Continue reading →

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by Chuck Norris

Characters in the public interest

A PSA spot in The Beijing News listing 100 common writing errors.

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