Public Relations

28 Apr 2013

The 70-year-old public relations guru, the second person to be charged as part of a broad investigation into child sex abuse spurred by the scandal involving the late BBC personality Jimmy Savile...

8:05AM

Growing mistrust will result from 'no comments' or denials

8 Apr 2013

While some scholars praise China for being a more open society, the business world in China is apparently the other way round. Doing business in China is becoming more important than ever amid an...

8:56AM

Jolly good show but for the ending

10 Mar 2013

It has been a long trek to AsiaWorld-Expo this past week, but it has been well worth it on two counts - it has opened my eyes to why equestrianism will never be a mainstream sport and reinforced...

4:35AM

Secrets revealed after Beijing firm busted for helping cadres delete negative reports

20 Feb 2013

A secretive business that uses dubious tactics to take down negative stories on the internet for clients has reaped millions of yuan, according to an investigation by China’s Caixin Magazine ...

6:49PM

Huawei's Ren: China's 'Wizard of Oz'?

30 Jan 2013

I don’t usually believe in conspiracy theories, but if I did I might be starting to wonder if Ren Zhengfei is really the powerful and insightful person Huawei keeps describing for us.

9:05AM

CLSA pays respect to financial markets karma

12 Jan 2013

We have alluded in recent days to poor forecasting of financial indices and stocks by the broking industry. That has prompted the arrival of a couple of reports showing rather good forecasting...

4:02AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Miranda Leung's MTR detour that got her career on track

When Miranda Leung Chan Che-ming joined the MTR Corporation in 1976, she never thought she would stay there for 37 years until she retired.

5:35AM

Electronic turbulence: airlines and social media

Disruptions to airline schedules can now be instantly relayed through social media sites, confronting carriers with real-time feedback that could either harm or burnish their image depending on...

4:58AM

US Republicans, China should beware toxic nature of propaganda

As a point of argument, is there anything the US Republican Party, now licking its wounds from yet another election defeat, can learn from the Chinese leadership transition? On the surface, an...

4:28AM

POLITICS

Central Policy Unit chief defends government ads to push proposals

The government must engage in a public relations battle to drum up support for its policies, and pay more attention to views expressed online about its policies, the head of the Central Policy...

5:18AM

PROFILE

CLP's PR chief Quince Chong lauds good communication

As the ultimate gatekeeper responsible for protecting and maintaining a company's public image, Quince Chong Wai-yan knows how to call a crisis a "communication challenge".

It's all about...

6:37AM

Time to simplify reports

Annual reports are important to stakeholders and give them a clear picture of a company's accounts and plans for development. But a survey shows that reports are becoming more complex and lengthy...

12:47PM