Category Archives: Advertising and Marketing

The good book of real estate

Posted on 2007-07-12 by Joel Martinsen

A Chinese real-estate ad features a parallel King James / Revised Version.

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Online voting and the new wonders of the world

Posted on 2007-07-11 by Joel Martinsen

The Great Wall is a wonder of the world. UNESCO complains about the voting, Chinese critics complain about the finances.

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Boss Hou, infomercial host extraordinaire

Posted on 2007-07-09 by Joel Martinsen

Boss Hou (侯总) interviewed in The Beijing News.

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Red Mansions to show Hu Mei the door?

Posted on 2007-07-06 by Joel Martinsen

Hu Mei (胡玫) talks to He Dong (何东) and The Times about the Red Mansions casting competition (红楼选秀).

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“Grab the sofa” to win free furniture

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Joel Martinsen

Boloni (博洛尼) has a blog-related sofa promotion.

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Most respected brands amongst Chinese executives

Posted on 2007-06-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Chief Executive China magazine (世界经理人) has published the results of a survey of Chinese corporate managers about their preferred brands.

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Ebay’s China joint venture to waste money

Posted on 2007-06-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Don’t mean to burst your bubble Madison Boom is a blog about the Chinese advertising industry, subtitled ‘The world, filled with egos”. It seems to be written an industry insider and covers ad agency scuttlebutt, news about hirings, firings and … Continue reading →

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Baseball’s Yao Ming?

Posted on 2007-06-20 by banyue

Liu Kai (刘凯) and Zhang Zhenwang (张振旺) join the Yankees.

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Infomercial: A Rolls Royce on your wrist

Posted on 2007-06-19 by banyue

Boss Hou 侯总 of Rosdenton (劳斯丹顿). He advertises on late-night infomercials.

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Brazilian beers hot for China

Posted on 2007-05-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is from Danwei’s Brazilian correspondent IN Hsieh: China’s the center of attention everywhere and it’s no different in Brazil. Funny thing is that Brazilian beers have become really fond of using China in their advertisements. Skol commercial The kung … Continue reading →

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