Archive for the ‘PR’ Category

Earthquake public relations

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

While I'm usually quite favorable towards the Economist's editorial position on China, a "former China journalist" working on their Europe blog seems to have a bad sense of the nuances of 30,000 people dying. If China had a free domestic press, and something approaching a political opposition, might this not be ...

What price Liu Xiang’s legs?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

China’s 100m hurdler, Olympic gold medal prospect and all-round pin-up boy Liu Xiang has just had his legs insured for USD 13.3 million. The policy, which has been donated by insurance firm Ping An of China, sponsor of the Chinese athletics team, covers the hurdler’s legs in the event of ...

Why Chinese PR companies are the bane of my existence

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

We recently saddled one of our writers with the burden of writing about PR companies in China for our January issue. I say "burden" because, based on personal experience, dealing with Chinese PR companies can be one of the most frustrating aspects of being a journalist in China. Below are a ...