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Everything you need to know about censorship in China in 4 minutes – Bloomberg West video
Apr 25th
I came across something on Twitter last night that made me go “Wow!” It was this 4-minute video interview between Emily Chang of Bloomberg West and Dr. Kai-Fu Lee. Dr. Lee is a venture capitalist for Chinese mobile app developers with an impressive Google-Apple-Microsoft resume and was recently named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2013: How Will Social Media Change China?
In my opinion, commentary on Chinese Internet censorship falls into three themes:
- The morals and human rights of freedom of speech/information
- Assertions that freedom of access to information strengthens national economies
- Can U.S.-based websites that are popular everywhere but China get uncensored, and if so, will Chinese people even use them?
In the the video, Emily and Dr. Lee insightfully and accurately address all of the above themes in just over four minutes.
The only thing I would add is something that is always missing from media coverage on censorship in China: People outside China think that the government universally bars everyone from visiting certain websites, but actually you can access all the same sites as in the United States if you are privileged enough, meaning you have the money to pay for a VPN that makes your computer think it’s based outside China and the personal connections to find out which VPNs are the best to use at any given time. It’s more of a pain than using the Internet in the U.S., but it’s possible. Some businesses, such as global public relations agencies, pay for VPNs for their China offices’ computers so their workers can have unlimited website access.
Here is Emily and Dr. Lee’s full interview, which includes the segment above plus Dr. Lee’s thoughts on Apple and Google in China and China’s smartphone market: Kai-Fu Lee on China’s Mobile Market, Innovation.
Welcome to Seattle Guanxi [imported from Seattle Guanxi]
Apr 2nd
By Beth Evans
Thank you for checking out Seattle Guanxi, a blog by Veronica Truong and I for people in Seattle who like China, public relations and social media.
Three factors motivated me to ask Veronica to start a group blog with me:
- I realized I knew some cool people in Seattle who, like me, were into both public relations and China.
- I noticed a lot of China-related stories in Seattle media that were obviously driven by public relations practitioners, such as the Bing/Baidu partnership and the opening of the Seattle Chinese Garden, which I could blog about.
- I remembered that during his presentation at Puget Sound PRSA’s 2011 Jumpstart event, Scott Meis recommended group blogging as a way to excel in online personal branding for a relatively low time commitment.
We’re hoping that Seattle Guanxi will be not only a blog but a resource, which is why we include suggested events and groups on our site. We are also considering including Seattle area job and volunteer postings related to this blog’s topics.
In my opinion, successful new blogs today rely heavily on community, include video and treat the blog’s site as part of a content ecosystem that also includes Twitter and Facebook. We plan on incorporating all of these into Seattle Guanxi, accomplishing the community part by interviewing and including contributed posts from people who are more influential and popular than us. You will see video through our own vlogging and hopefully video interviews, as well. We also have a @seattleguanxi Twitter handle and Seattle Guanxi Facebook page that we will use within the contexts of those two sites’ own communities.
Feel free to comment below or communicate with us on Twitter or Facebook on what you would most like to see out of this blog.
Adding blog posts from Seattle Guanxi
Apr 2nd
My last Beijing Duck blog post was in October. This is a bit embarrassing, but I have been posting content online consistently since then, which I’m making sure to add here.
First, I briefly, co-founded, blogged and tweeted Seattle Guanxi, with the idea that I would maintain both this blog and that. Actually, I maintained neither, and am now adding all my Seattle Guanxi posts to this blog because I hope to integrate the blog’s topics, content for Seattleites who are interested in both public relations and China, into this blog.
Another excuse for lack of Beijing Duck activity is within a month of launching Seattle Guanxi, I worked on the Washington United for Marriage launch, which is currently in the running for a national public relations award, a Holmes Report Gold SABRE Award. I contributed many of the @WA4Marriage tweets and Washington United for Marriage Facebook posts in November 2011.
Lastly, at the beginning of January 2012, I took over managing strategy and execution for my employer Nyhus Communications’ blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, on top of my existing client work.
I’m planning to restart blogging here, outside of work, but in the meantime, enjoy my Seattle Guanxi posts. Maintaining a personal blog and strategic social media presence has benefited me enormously both personally and professionally; I get great joy when people who live the distance of a long airplane flight from me email me out of the blue asking for advice on working in public relations or art in China as a result of reading my blog. I really admire the people who work a standard public relations agency work week then take the time to actively maintain an online personal brand.
Just Started a Second Blog: Seattle Guanxi
Oct 22nd
I’d like to let everyone know that I’ve just started my first group blog, Seattle Guanxi, on public relations, social media and China as they relate to Seattle. I will still maintain this blog, Beijing Duck.
Three factors motivated me to ask Veronica Truong to start a group blog with me:
- I realized I knew some cool people in Seattle who, like me, were into both public relations and China.
- I noticed a lot of China-related stories in Seattle media that were obviously driven by public relations practitioners, such as the Bing/Baidu partnership and the opening of the Seattle Chinese Garden, which I could blog about.
- I remembered that during his presentation at Puget Sound PRSA’s 2011 Jumpstart event, Scott Meis recommended group blogging as a way to excel in online personal branding for a relatively low time commitment.
We’re hoping that Seattle Guanxi will be not only a blog but a resource, which is why we include suggested events and groups on our site. We are also considering including Seattle area job and volunteer postings related to the blog’s topics.
In my opinion, successful new blogs today rely heavily on community, include video and treat the blog’s site as part of a content ecosystem that also includes Twitter and Facebook. We plan on incorporating all of these into Seattle Guanxi, accomplishing the community part by interviewing and including contributed posts from people who are more influential and popular than us. You will see video through our own vlogging and hopefully video interviews, as well. We also have a @seattleguanxi Twitter handle and Seattle Guanxi Facebook page that we will use within the contexts of those two sites’ own communities.
How is Seattle Guanxi going to be different than this blog, Beijing Duck? Well, in addition to the community features listed above, the content focus is different. Beijing Duck’s content sometimes relates to Seattle because I live here, but that’s really not the point of this blog. I try to write about China, public relations and art regardless of geographic location.
Feel free to comment at http://seattleguanxi.wordpress.com/ or communicate with us on Twitter or Facebook on what you would most like to see out of Seattle Guanxi.
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