Lanhgam on: messaging strategies and reputation management – Hong Kong News

Three males talking about "sex" while have a cold drink would be something happening in every bar around the world on Friday night. But these three males happen to be some of the leaders of digital marketing firms in China, so when talking about 'sex' and sex appeal' it was in regards to making online campaigns more effective..

"Had Jiujing Zhou (周久耕) hired us for crisis management, he would still be the director of the real estate bureau of Nanjing's Jiangning District and smoking his expensive Vacheron Constantin cigarettes." On November 11, 2009, this arrogant statement by a Nanjing web design and development company drew nation-wide attention, focusing the spotlight once again on the most recent form of public crisis

Earnings in China's communications mediums: mobile, fixed, postage

China’s Digital Revolution
The digital revolution is China’s second major social revolution within the last 60 years and social media is leading the charge.

CR-Nielsen has found that revenue for digital advertising campaigns in China reached US$223.9 million in July of this year, denoting a year-on-year boost of nearly 37 per cent.

The Chinese society today, like the Arabs, doesn't really come across as a culture that is overly satirical or funny to the outside world. More so with the current international political and societal stance of China it is hard to view China as a funny nation.

China Central Television, the biggest TV network in the country, deemed Joe Wang's success in the U.S. curious enough that it dedicated a special program to him in December. The peg: He's the Chinese scientist who makes Americans laugh. While CCTV declared that Mr. Wong's success proves "humor has no boundaries," it concluded the program without showing any of his jokes.

he moment Pi San picked up, the caller blurted out the news: State security agents had just detained Ai Weiwei, China's most famous contemporary artist and a government critic. Pi San spat out a profanity. Over the previous six weeks, hundreds of bloggers -- lawyers, activists, journalists -- had vanished into police custody in one of the harshest assaults on social activism in decades.

For those who want to work with Chinese social media, I have put together a simple diagram that outlines the main companies in various segments of the Chinese social media landscape. Inspired by Fred Cacazza, who put together a clear Social Media landscape diagram for Western marketers.