Darfur: China’s sophisticated, and not so sophisticated PR Strategy February 15, 2008
Posted by paulprdixon in : Crisis Communications, PR in the PRC , add a commentStephen Spielberg has been making the headlines this week over his decision to quit as an artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics. The multi-award winning director announced his decision on Tuesday, after almost a year of unsuccessfully prodding China to do more in ending Sudan’s attacks in the Darfur region.
Prodding not having the desired effect on Hu Jintao, Spielberg delivered a hammer blow to Beijing through the public way he announced his decision – forcing the Chinese government to respond on an issue it doesn’t want to talk about.
I don’t recommend wearing the T-shirt in Tiananmen Square
By Wednesday, a spokesperson at the Chinese Embassy in Washington said, “As the Darfur issue is neither an internal issue of China nor is it caused by China, it is completely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the two as one.” But as the International Herald Tribune notes, Beijing had yet to respond to requests for comment on Spielberg’s decision.
On Thursday, after a long night in Zhong Nan Hai (China’s White House meets Camp David and planted in the center of Beijing) crafting its response, Beijing did make comment. And it was actually pretty good; if today’s front page of English language government mouthpiece - the China Daily – is anything to go by.
Western media reporting on China IPR issues skewed February 15, 2008
Posted by paulprdixon in : PR in the PRC , add a commentMy employer, AC Capital Strategic Public Relations, recently launched it’s re-vamped blog: Off The Record.
Focusing on China more specifically, it offers a great insight into PR and media relations in the world’s fastest growing economy, so please visit the blog and see what’s being posted by ACC’s team whenever you can.
Below is the beginning of an article I wrote, titled: Western media reporting on China IPR issues skewed. Shamelessly hoping to direct traffic to our new blog and raise awareness, to read the full post please click here. Cheers.
A Beijing court has ruled in favour of international auction house Sotheby’s in a trademark-infringement case after a Chinese auction company used the same name in Chinese.