Tag Archives: PR

Police bust PR companies for illegal deletion of news and social media postings

On December 5, the People’s Daily published a report about a police investigation into companies that offer services to delete news items and social media postings from the Internet. The article does not, of course, mention that the biggest deleter of information … Continue reading

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Online video and PR in China

Blogger and PR executive Will Moss on social media, online video and PR in China.

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Sanlu milk powder covers the Sahara

Sanlu’s September 2008 TV commercial for Western media, with the copy “For the past 15 years we have enough sale volume covered the entire sahara desert”. The ‘volume’ refers to milk powder.

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BMW spontaneous combustion

Information Times (信息时报): Today’s Information Times reported that a BMW car burst into flames and exploded on the road yesterday in Baiyun district, Guangzhou.

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Multinationals and their sins in China

Excerpts from an article by Paul French: ‘Why is China different for western brands?’

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A Shanghai baby talks about old China

Graham Earnshaw republishes old books on China; China’s PR crises; child labor; green Olympics; local officials vs. central government; overseas students speak; Han in Xinjiang.

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China bashing and the reverse

The Chinese government and PR; China bashing returns; High speed rail; Grace Wang speaks; miracle health products; visa situation; Xinjiang and the future; Clinton’s adviser quits; 17 Party Congress book.

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Danwei Picks: 2008-01-04

Imagethief on Green Olympics PR, GVO on Hu Jia’s detention, and the Financial Times on SAFE Investment and the Chinese government.

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 4

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

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Bad PR week for Western brands, or just turbulence?

This week has seen two prominent Western companies in PR hot water in China. Electrolux An assistant to a senior Electrolux executive has become an Internet celebrity after revealing photographs of her were hacked from an American man’s password-protected photo … Continue reading

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