I started and finished Mr China this afternoon. To sum it up, anything completely unfathomable in a business sense is possible, and probably happened last week in China. Incredible, oh so true, and funny as hell. People will take a lot of shite for 1.3 billion plus potential consumers.
Here’s another thought: if Candid Camera were to start filming again amidst this craze for ‘reality TV’, how many lawsuits would they face within their first week of filming? I don’t think programmes like Candid Camera could survive in the American climate today.
I wonder if they have to worry about being threatened with defamation lawsuits: Bloggers Fighting Government Regulations (I predict we haven’t seen the last of the Singapore government trying to control personal websites).
Via my sister, I hope everyone signs this very important Tom Cruise / War of the Worlds boycott petition. (Update: a second boycott is here. I’ve closed comments for now. This old post is getting attention I had not imagined.
我的面子比你的生命重要 (wo de mian zi bi ni de sheng ming zhong yao, or saving my face is more important than your life): “Their sons and daughters must go on dying in the quagmire so the neocons can find a way out that doesn’t involve losing too much face.” — Billmon
The lady doth protest too much, methinks: “Simple tricks alone would only rouse anger and revulsion for they lack real respect for and understanding of a culture.” — Improper commercials come one after another, why?
Here’s a thought: if Taiwan is considered a province of China, renegade or otherwise, why do Taiwanese-owned cars in China have to use black licence plates?
(Black plates are reserved for non-Chinese nationals only.)