Category Archives: Advertising and Marketing

Beijing 2008: China’s Ten Commandments for a Civilized Olympics

With less than 8 months until the opening ceremony, Beijingers no longer need to worry about how to behave during the Olympic Games. Construction sites all over the city have been wrapped with a new advertising campaign aiming to educate … Continue reading →

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Here in the straight-laced north…

Hu Xudong (胡续冬) writes about a massage ad he found in Shanghai.

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How to avoid another Carrefour stampede

Ten Years Chopping Timber (十年砍柴) analyzes the Chongqing Carrefour stampede.

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Yang Liwei wants YOU for the PLA!

Yang Liwei (杨利伟) is on recruitment posters for the PLA (解放军)

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Want to buy a coal mine?

A Guizhou mining company looks for investors in Southern Weekly.

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Continental can’t speak Chinese

Continental Airlines thinks that 我的头发冷 means ‘my head is cold’ in Chinese.

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China’s most bankable celebrities—magazine edition

Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊) looks at which Chinese stars move the most magazines.

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Healthy glacier water from Tibet

Tibet Glacier Mineral Water, ‘5100’ (西藏冰川矿泉水). Ad in the Mirror makes some bold health claims.

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Punctuation goes to the movies

Dots, periods, and bars in the titles of Chinese movies.

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Fuwa for sale

On a wall and in a store near you With less than one year to go before the Olympic Games, sales of Olympic merchandise are apparently growing. The official mascots of the Olympics the Fuwa (formerly known as the “friendlies”) … Continue reading →

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