A funny thing happened after the traffic restrictions, designed to reduce air pollution, went into effect: air quality got much worse. In addition to the obvious negative change in visibility, even the government’s own numbers (which many suspect are manipulated anyway) back it up. Before July 20, when the restrictions went into effect, there were [...]
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There is a scene in the less-than-beloved movie The Phantom where the hero, none other than Billy Zane of Titanic and Zoolander fame, begins to light up a cigar in the villain’s cave home. Out of nowhere a little person comes up and announces loudly “No smoking in the Skull Cave,” and prompts him to [...]
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Coverage of Wen Jia Bao’s presence in China’s earthquake affected areas has been blanketing the media since Monday. This has been a significant PR boost within China. That Wen, a man at the top end of power, should take the effort to leave Beijing and visit the area – and perhaps ‘put himself [...]
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With stunning deftness, the Chinese Government has managed to completely change the topic from, why so much of the world is so upset with the the country’s official policies, to…Jack Cafferty and CNN. In the process the government has incited enough nationalism to make a Frenchman blush. How did the topic move from human rights, [...]
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As I’ve always suspected, the top levels of the Chinese Government eagerly await Cup of Cha’s thoughtful advice. After I advised China to look for a PR firm three weeks ago…they did. Image Thief has a link to a NY Times article on the issue.
Now I know what you’re thinking: but of course they listened [...]
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We can only revert to the rarely seen future perfect tense to describe how elated we will have been during after the Games. The Beijing Olympic Committee has even posted a poll of what the top ten stories from the Olympics will have been. This is perfect to me. They are trying to script things [...]
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