May 5, 2008
Tom Doctoroff, CEO of J. Walter Thompson for Greater China, accepted my invitation to respond to the critique of his book by Shanghai-based writer and businessman Paul French. In a nutshell, French said (blog posting here or video here)hat Doctoroff falsely claims a pioneering role in opening China in his book Billions: Selling to the
May 3, 2008
Met with Dan Washburn and Kenneth Tan of the Shanghaiist this morning for brunch. Dan, a former newspaper writer in America’s Bible belt, came to China in 2002 and started an urban blog called Shanghai Diaries. Seeing the popularity of the site – and lack of such a site for Shanghai – Washburn approached the
May 2, 2008
The primary contributor to the popular Shanghaiist blog, Kenneth Tan also runs a men’s underwear store out of a disused bomb shelter in Shanghai’s French Concession. Tan’s shop, Manifesto.com.cn, recently opened another outlet near the Forbidden in Beijing. Singaporean-born, Tan has been in Shanghai since 2003.
May 2, 2008
Founder of the popular urban news site Shanghaiist.com, Dan Washburn is a Shanghai-based freelance writer from Pennsylvania. He is currently working on a book about golf in China with the working title (and blog) ParForChina. Dan has lived in China since 2002.
May 1, 2008
Asia Sentinel is a web-based publication covering Asia founded in 2006 by a group of experienced editors and correspondents who formerly worked at prominent publications. The site was founded in part as a counter to the trend by many regional publications of dumbing down and slashing their coverage of Asia. Those involved in the launch
May 1, 2008
John Berthelsen, now editor of Asia Sentinel, came out to Asia to cover the Vietnam War and then went on to work for the Asian Wall Street Journal for eight years with postings out of Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. Following the Journal, he became the regional head of production for Dresdner Bank.
May 1, 2008
I recently met with John Berthelsen, the founding editor of the website Asia Sentinel to hear about the site’s plans and aspirations. Launched in August 2006 by a group of veteran and prominent Asia correspondents (more background here), Asia Sentinel is intended to fill a void left by the closure of such publications as AsiaWeek
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
