A report titled China’s Economic Rise—Fact and Fiction published earlier this month takes an optimistic view of China's future prospects: "Beijing now seems likely to overcome potential stumbling blocks such as economic instability, pollution, inequality, corruption, and a slow pace of political reform." … [Read more...] about Carnegie Endowment calls for rethink on rising China
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Why are most of the advertising models in China Caucasian?
This is a follow up to DJ's post on the Official Chinese Olympic Fashion, but from a different angle. Instead of mutual respect between the host and guests, I have some introspective and soul-searching thoughts about the Chinese identity fantasy in the context of a global culture. … [Read more...] about Why are most of the advertising models in China Caucasian?
Make guests feel at home and follow the customs of your host
There is a heated debate going on regarding the lack of Chinese characters on China's official Olympics uniforms in contrast with those on German's sportswear. Personally, I see no point in not printing Chinese text on China's official uniforms. But for this post, I will purposely play the role of a "CCP apologist" and try to put these things in positive terms. ;-) Besides, I … [Read more...] about Make guests feel at home and follow the customs of your host
The Chinese Olympic Journey
“We went out to swim in the big pond, but ended up finding ourselves. The ocean did not drawn us, just made us wiser and better”. This was a bit of sentimentality I shared with an undergraduate classmate who also came to the United States for graduate school and spent years trying to “make it” out here. The same sentiment parallels the Chinese experience with the Olympics in … [Read more...] about The Chinese Olympic Journey
The art of PR: lying without technical falsehood
Reacting to reactions to a campaign that went too far, Amnesty International put the following disclaimer on its home page: Amnesty International would like to make clear that it was not involved in the dissemination of a series of images that have been circulating on the web in relation to the Beijing Olympics. Amnesty International's global website address is … [Read more...] about The art of PR: lying without technical falsehood