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Youtube advertising: American Chamber of Commerce video

Youtube advertising is taking off. The American Chamber of Commerce in China has published an introductory video on Youtube:

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Bus bombs, Israel, Dell and robot chicks in China

CNOOC, John Pomfret, and other topics.

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CCTV investing in Hong Kong TV, People’s Daily editors on acid

Also, foreigners in China and liquid coal fuel.

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Springtime for China blog consultants

VW ads and BBS responses to them, from Word of Mouth blog Business Week has given a big boost to people who want to capitalize on their knowledge of China’s blog and BBS scene, with an article titled Blogging Down … Continue reading →

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Rabies, condoms and bunkers: July 31 China media roundup

Image from Xinhua’s top Chinese story today: Answering hot questions about the Harmonious Society A daily roundup of mainstream media and blog coverage of China, from Chinese and foreign sources: • Netease reports that man named Li Chenyong from Changle … Continue reading →

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Churches and the market economy

A translation of Zhao Xiao’s famous essay, ‘Market Economies with Churches and Market Economies without Churches’, and a critique by CASS academician He Fan.

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Beijing taxi strike, and why the city’s cabbies deserve more respect

Beijing taxi under spring snow – by Snow Kisses Sky March 2006 Sort of a strike The first indication of anything happening was a rumour earlier this week that the government was going to give Beijing cabbies a day off … Continue reading →

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Danwei: Socialistic anarchists eating our own babies

Sir Martin ponders the threat of socialist anarchists The previous post about the South China Morning Post’s clueless Internet stategy referred, for balance, to some comments by Martin Sorrell, advertising Borg WPP’s chief, warning media executives against free content. It … Continue reading →

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Skirting the law in China’s private enterprise reform

An essay by Wu Xiaobo (吴晓波), ‘Reform Begins with Transgression’ (改革从违法开始), about how early Chinese private enterprise dealt with a vague legal framework.

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Free trade and new art

Chengdu artist Wang Guiqian’s self-portrait Two must-read items this Friday: Item 1 is an article by P.J. O’ Rourke, titled: Trading with the Enemy? China wants to sell to us. We should be happy, found via Asiapudit. Here is an … Continue reading →

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