Category Archives: Media business

Incest, beauty standards, and manipulating public opinion

A Jiang Wenli ad for Maxam cosmetics has a son saying he’d like to marry his mother. Debate has raged in the Chinese media; feminist commentator Lu Pin says that this is missing the point.

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Google – Youtube: it’s all about search

Koolhaas-hunting on Youtube: this Danwei video is a frequent search target Google’s recently-announced purchase of Youtube for the cool sum of 1.6 billion dollars has excited the chattering classes of the Internet. People are asking all kinds of things about … Continue reading →

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Writing and packaging young adult fiction for teenage girls

YA novels for girls, featuring GirlneYa vs. Xiao Nizi.

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China Businesscast: Interview with Ogilvy

In this episode, I interview Debby Cheung and Johan Vakidis of the Shanghai office of Ogilvy, the international marketing, advertising, and public relations firm. Having just interviewed Vanessa Seow of PR company Weber Shandwick, this interview sheds more light on … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: China PR Expert Vanessa Seow

Vanessa Seow works in technology PR at the Beijing HQ of the multinational PR agency Weber Shandwick. She gives insight into what makes the Chinese PR industry different from PR anywhere else in the world. Listen Suscribe to China Businesscast … Continue reading →

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Xinhua’s new rules; foreigners’ old complaints

Xinhua freezes out Reuters for cash; comments from historical and contemporary sources.

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Three Gorges movie wins Golden Lion

Still Life (三峡好人) by Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯), and Xinhua’s buisness wire service regulations.

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Who’s responsible for media cover-ups?

An article from the China Times on cover-ups and local governments.

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China Businesscast: Fritz Demopoulos, CEO Qunar.com

This episode kicks off a China Businesscast series on entrepreneurship in China. Fritz Demopoulos is CEO and co-founder of Qunar.com, a travel-focused vertical search engine. Fritz is a veteran China entrepreneur and has a lot of valuable insights about starting … Continue reading →

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Assessing the media’s victory over FoxConn

Journalist Zhang Rui pours cold water on the Chinese media’s victory celebration over FoxConn’s 30-million-yuan suit.

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