Category Archives: Advertising and Marketing

Street hawker cries of Beijing

Yang Changhe demonstrates hawker’s cries in a video shot by Muzimei.

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Salary survey: marketing industries in China

Show me the money Aquent is a recruitment and staffing firm that specializes in the marketing, communications and advertising industries. They have released the results of a salary survey that was carried out in 15 countries in Europe and the … Continue reading →

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Instant database

Your correspondent received an email from the British Chamber of Commerce today: We have been made aware of an outside organization phoning BCCC members directly, purporting to be the British Chamber of Commerce, and asking for information to update their … Continue reading →

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Up to one-third of celebrities write their own blogs

Survey says that just one-third of celebrity blogs are self-authored.

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Dragons and branding

Should the dragon be retired as China’s national emblem? Were dragons real? Read on…

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BenQ goes for the shock ad

BenQ has an ad that uses the World Trade Center ruins.

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Medical ads in China – restrictions

Xinhua reported yesterday that China has revised its regulations on medical service advertisements in an attempt to put a stop to false and misleading advertising on all media. The action against medical ads has been going on for some time, … Continue reading →

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Mobile Business in China – podcast

If you are like me, you have sat in restaurants and bars nursing your drink in awkward silence wishing you knew enough to join in the conversation about things called 3G and TD-SCDMA. If so, then you be pleased about … Continue reading →

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ill communication: China Mobile seeks copy editor **Urgent **

The following paragraph is taken from the about section of China Mobile’s English web site: Construction of the Three Civilization: New progresses were achieved in the development of corporate culture and fruitful results were seen on the spiritual civilization front, … Continue reading →

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CCTV ad revenues hit new high as Olympics near

Xinhua reports: The bidding for advertising on China Central Television (CCTV) in 2007 concluded on Saturday with the network’s revenues hitting 6.79 billion yuan, up 16 percent over last year. Procter & Gamble, the world’s consumer goods giant topped the … Continue reading →

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