Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Li Ning lights China’s Olympic flame

Posted on 2008-08-09 by Dror Poleg

Chinese retailer Li Ning (李宁) is the biggest winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics so far, after its founder and chairman – whose name the company bears – lit the cauldron at the final act of last night’s opening ceremony.

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China Businesscast: The creative agency landscape

Posted on 2008-02-28 by Robert Ness

An interview with the managing director of a boutique design firm in Beijing, discussing the creative industry in China.

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Do people care about the Party Congress? Does the Party Congress care about the people?

Posted on 2007-10-15 by Joel Martinsen

VOA and CCTV find people to say different things about the 17th Party Congress.

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Cory Doctorow speaking at the Beijing Bookworm

Posted on 2007-09-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

On Wednesday science fiction writer, Boing Boing editor and copyright activist Cory Doctorow gave a speech at the Beijing Bookworm to an enthusiastic crowd. Victor Muh filmed the whole speech and uploaded it to Youtube. The guy wearing an Antiwave … Continue reading →

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Letters to the editor

Posted on 2007-09-13 by Joel Martinsen

Cranks ask Chinese newspapers to forward their letters to celebrities.

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No space for quality cinema

Posted on 2007-09-03 by Joel Martinsen

Imagethief writes about Han Sanping’s patriotic sentiments, Chang Ping blasts SARFT for leaving no room for good Chinese cinema, and Jet Li complains about his movies getting banned.

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 4

Posted on 2007-09-03 by Robert Ness

In this episode I speak with the PR executive at Ketchum Newscan who is handling the Olympics campaign for Lenovo.

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Psychologies presents Gong Li and a love test

Posted on 2007-08-27 by Joel Martinsen

Psychologies magazine (心理月刊) has a billboard that harmonizes its print edition cover.

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 3

Posted on 2007-08-11 by Robert Ness

With so much hype about the Beijing 2008 Olympics, when will people just burn out?

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 2

Posted on 2007-08-09 by Robert Ness

Ambush marketing in the Beijing Olympics: how your brand can get in on the action.

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