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Frosties in Tibet

A web video of a Frosties TV commercial set in Tibet.

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Tom Doctoroff: Don’t boycott the Olympics

An article by Tom Doctoroff agrguiing against an Olympic boycott.

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Mobile phone spam list of shame

A list of companies condemned for sending mobile phone SMS spam

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China Businesscast: The creative agency landscape

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

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Modern Chinese oil painting seeks record price

A painting of Master Xu Yun (Empty Clouds) is advertised in Phoenix Weekly (凤凰周刊) for US$18.40 million.

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Leadership switch at Citroën

Citroen (雪铁龙) swaps out Mao for Napoleon.

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Beijing housewives desperate for decent apartments

Energetic City Life (沸城), a development outside Beijing’s southwest Fourth Ring Road, advertises to desperate housewives in the Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报).

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9,468 magazines in China

Here are some numbers about the magazine business from an article on Xinhua’s website: China reports growing number of magazine titles China published 9,468 magazine titles with the relevant publishing generating about 17 billion yuan (2.29 billion U.S. dollars) in … Continue reading →

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The origins of hip hop

Video of Nokia viral ad about hip-hop in China.

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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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