August 2007 - Posts

• The Next Olympic Demonstration Sport -- Protests

  Olympic sponsors and companies with major China investments beware: next summer's Olympic games in Beijing may go down in history more for the competition among NGOs and protestors than for the competition among athletes. Deserved or not, China is the Read More... Posted 08 August 2007 21:22 by Chris Gidez | 0 Comments Filed under: China, China-bashing, protests, Olympic sponsors, Beijing, Summer Games 2008, Olympics

• Oops! -- Lessons for companies doing preemptive PR, and journalists' lack of dilligence

  Both the New York Times and Mattel Have Egg (Foo-Yung) On Their Faces By now most of us have now learned that Mattel is the most recent company to order a recall of products manufactured in China , in this case toys featuring popular Sesame Street and Read More... Posted 02 August 2007 18:48 by Chris Gidez | 0 Comments Filed under: Crisis Communications, Recall, The New York Times, Lead Paint, China, Mattel