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HONG KONG (AdAgeChina.com) - Taking a cue from
Jonah Bloom
Ad Age's MediaWorks newsletter ("25 Media People
Rance Crain
You Should Follow on Twitter"), AdAgeChina offers a
The Media Guy GARFIELD
Teressa Iezzi list of 25 China experts you should follow on Twitter.
Al Ries Cannes Doesn't Matter Anymore
Lenore Skenazy Yes, we know the Chinese government has blocked ... and Neither Do the TV Ads It
Guest Columnists Twitter ("China's Net Nanny Blocks Twitter"), but Celebrates, Believes Chaos Scenario
many of these active Twitter users have found Author
BLOGS & alternative ways to keep posting on the site and we
PODS hope the service will resume its normal status soon. SPECIAL REPORT
Adages (AdAgeChina update: As of June 9, 2009, Chinese web The International Advertising
The Big Tent surfers report sites like Twitter, Flickr, Bing and
Bob Garfield
Festival at Cannes
Hotmail have been unblocked. - Ed.)
Campaign Trail
DigitalNext
GenNext We've also included a list of their recent tweets, all
GoodWorks posted in English, to give you an idea of what they
Power 150 write about. As a group, they provide a colorful and News About Advertising's Big Event
Small Agency Diary informative picture of life and consumer behavior in in the South of France
Songs For Soap
Greater China.
Top Work
Video GLOBAL ISSUE
Use the comments section to add the ones we missed
Global Marketers
-- and there are plenty more to choose from, given
Conversations With Some of the Top
the rapid growth of Twitter in China in the past year --
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2. 25 China Experts You Should Follow on Twitter - AdAgeChina - Special Report 6/21/09 5:57 PM
Conversations With Some of the Top
the rapid growth of Twitter in China in the past year --
Execs Who Oversee Worldwide Ad
or send us a tweet at @AdAgeChina. Budgets
THE WORK
William Bao Bean, venture capitalist at Softbank
focused on early stage tech, media, telco and Creativity Weekly Top 5: June
consumer investments in Asia
15
Follow: @williambaobean
Tweet: "Finishing up my model of the economics of
the china music market for Music Matters Asia this
week in hk, more upbeat outlook than years past"
The Beatles Meet 'Rock Band,' VDJ
Act Eclectic Method, Making Artist
Sage Brennan, independent media and internet
Olivier Otten Move With Your Mouse
analyst and TEDx organizer in Shanghai and Other Work
Follow: @sagebrennan
Tweet: "US schoolkids finally getting on the hug DAVID KLEIN
train, which Chinese kids have been riding for years."
http://bit.ly/sp3Dx (differnt style hugs tho)
Ad Age's Global History Shows
We Have Little Fear of Failure
And With a New Model Focused on
Richard Burger, blogger and editor at the Chinese
Licensing and Events, We're Ready
newspaper Global Times
Publish Into the Future
Follow:@ThePekingDuck
Tweet: "Frustrated with Chinese banks? Learn how to
WEEKLY ONLINE POLL
rob them: http://tinyurl.com/c7hcwl I love these
lessons - brilliant." Do advertising awards shows
still matter?
Simon Cousins, CEO of the PR and strategic Vote & Comment
communications agency Illuminant Partners in Beijing
WHITE MARTIN LINDSTROM
Follow: @illuminantceo
PAPERS VIDEO REPORTS
Tweet: "Taking an 'up' elevator at 12:10pm in China
Winning Consumers feels like swimming against the world's biggest Luxury Furniture Goes Higher
In China
salmon migration." Fashion
The Marketing and
Media Opportunities
in Recession Thomas Crampton, director of digital influence,
How Commercial Asia-Pacific at Ogilvy & Mather in Hong Kong
Ratings Changed the
Follow: @ThomasCrampton
$70 Billion TV
Market Tweets: "Rahul Welde of Unilever thinks we are Report From the Milan Furniture Fair
heading towards a world of more perpetual pitch,
RESOURCES switching agency readily. #ame"; "Paul Heath of SPECIAL REPORT
Jobs Ogilvy replies: holding a gun to agencies at every
Women to Watch 2009
Ad Age Events meeting will not bring out the best work. #ame"
Industry Events
Oli D., Shanghai-based blogger
BRANDED Follow: @djodcouk
CONTENT Tweet: "Things I care about which are blocked here
Marketing in China: Flickr, Hotmail, Twitter --- Things I don't
Information care about: Bing.com"
Channels These are the 30 marketers, media
Guides & Salutes sellers and agency executives to keep
Ad Network + Paul Denlinger, ex-VP at Chinadotcom and founder your eye on today
Exchange Guide of China Business Strategy, which advises internet
2009 Cable Guide startups SPECIAL REPORT
Follow: @pdenlinger Entertainment A-List
SERVICES Tweet: "Innovation works best serving its own
Subscriptions domestic consumer market. Can you imagine Apple
Media Kit HQ in China and selling to US market?"
Help Center
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David Feng, founder of Civitology, a network of mass
Share & Save Our picks for the celebrities,
RSS (What is transit-based China city sites marketers, brands and media
RSS?) Follow: @DavidFeng properties setting the pace in
Tweet: "The Chinese may clamor for democracy (a entertainment marketing
Editorial Staff supposedly "American" good) but they watch Chris
Rock (with profanity) day in, day out..." MOST READ MOST E-
Browse Archive MAILED
Andrew Galbraith, deputy editor, China Economic
Download the
Print Edition Review in Shanghai BRANDED CONTENT
(Coverleaf/Texterity) Follow: @apgalbraith
Tweet: "Friend in Zambia says latest rumour is Stay in front of the latest e-
Chinese-funded poachers use Chinese-built roads to
business data and trends
poach elephants, ivory goes in diplomatic pouches"
Jeremy Goldkorn, founder and editor In Chief of
MORE
Danwei.org in Beijing
Follow: @goldkorn
Tweet: "Xinhua: "World No Tobacco Day marked with
BRANDED CONTENT
gigantic cigarette" Kinda like marking Children's Day Intelligence for IT Vendors on
with a giant condom http://bit.ly/F6Gk7" How Best to Market Your Goods
Dan Harris, China law blogger
Follow: @DanHarris
Tweet: "New China Law Blog post: Sex, Mistresses, MORE
Improper Payments & What They Mean For UR China
Biz Litigation http://is.gd/L7ZU" BRANDED CONTENT
Build a more effective search
Lonnie Hodge, CEO at CFM, Asia Director at
strategy
Pitchengine, Educator and Social Median
Follow: @lonniehodge
Tweet: "They have cable in the hotel here: CNN?!
HBO in China?! Mexican food?! #suzhou rocks..."
MORE
Kaiser Kuo, Beijing-based China tech watcher,
Youku.com consultant and guitarist in one of China's
top heavy metal bands, Tang Dynasty
Follow: @kaiserkuo
Tweet: "OMG, new ambassador to China is a
progressive rocker! Even declared a "Dream Theater
Day" and plays keyboards! I'm so gonna jam with
him."
Ray Kwong, Asia market entry adviser in Beijing
Follow: @raykwong
Tweet: "Reading: "U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train
Chinese Prostitutes." http://twurl.nl/mofbid"
Andy Lee, digital media and finance consultant in
China
Follow: @andylee
Tweet: "china twitter space is just another case of
over-competition, fragmented market shares, creating
too many choices and no winners"
Kevin Lee, magazine brand manager and integrated
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4. 25 China Experts You Should Follow on Twitter - AdAgeChina - Special Report 6/21/09 5:57 PM
Kevin Lee, magazine brand manager and integrated
media strategist in Beijing
Follow: @kevinkclee
Tweet: "Reading: "Latest Report on Internet
Development in China | Digital China Guide"
(http://tinyurl.com/c8hbb3)"
Kristie Lu Stout, Hong Kong-based
anchor/correspondent on CNN International
Follow: @klustout
Tweet: "Starbucks marks Duan Wu Jie in China
with... frappuccino-flavored zong zi (rice dumplings).
Wha? China Daily: http://tr.im/micI"
Ryan McLaughlin, writer and web designer in China
Follow: @thehumanaught
Tweets: "CNET Blog: 10,000 years of China tech --
celebrating Chinese invention
http://tinyurl.com/crhgk3"; "China tech pre-dates
China culture - Oldest invention on the list is 9000
years ago, but sounds cooler ;-)"
Will Moss, American spin doctor in Beijing
Follow: @imagethief
Tweet: "Halted at Zhongnanhai S. Gate. Taxi driver
loudly burping up a truly lethal combination of raw
garlic and Red Pagoda Mountain smokes."
Jay Oatway, Hong Kong-based journalist covering
tech news, culture, digital media, trends and social
media
Follow: @JayOatway
Tweet: "10 Amazing Gadgets Not Yet Available in the
US: http://tr.im/lZWl"
Philip Pan, Moscow bureau chief of the Washington
Post, formerly based in Beijing, author of the book
"Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a
New China"
Follow: @panphil
Tweet: "Independent Chinese law institute dares to
break with Party line on Tibet in report.
http://bit.ly/4fIyoj ICT will post in English."
Adam Schokora, manager, digital, China at Edelman
in Shanghai
Follow: @ajschokora
Tweet: "not including creatives, when you think of
emerging/edgy youth culture groups (in China), who
do u think of? Parkour runners, Cosplay kids"
Dan Washburn, writer and founding editor of
Shanghaiist
Follow: @danwashburn
Tweet: "Fuxing Lu near Yongfu Lu. Chinese
gentleman seemingly going for Beatles mop top but
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5. 25 China Experts You Should Follow on Twitter - AdAgeChina - Special Report 6/21/09 5:57 PM
gentleman seemingly going for Beatles mop top but
ending up looking more like Dorothy Hamill."
Steven Weathers, TV host, video producer and
founder of American English Circle in Shanghai
Follow: @sdweathers
Tweet: "Enjoying fried dumplings & listening2
Chinese businessmen next to me scheming how2 get-
rich-quick by teaching Chinese to foreigners"
David Wolf, communications strategist in Beijing
Follow: @wolfgroupasia
Tweet: "I love the Kaixin vs. Kaixin001 battle in
China. Cases like this are the real tectonic forces that
will form China's IP protection system."
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1 Comment
By normandym | HONG KONG June 7, 2009
02:23:49 am:
Three good suggestions sent to @AdAgeChina from
Linda Ying (@farewellcup). I've added a sample
tweet from each.
Matt McDougall, CEO of the SinoTech Group in
Beijing
Follow: @sinotechian
Tweet: Reading: "P&G Opens Online Store On
China's Taobao.com | Digital Marketing Inner Circle
" (http://bit.ly/tmkVP)
"Aw," a blogger, web developer, flash designer and
wordpress evangelist in Beijing
Follow: @awflasher
Tweet: Conan O' Brien says: YouTube, Twitter, and
Facebook will merge into one super time wasting
website called #YouTwitface. - In China, it won't
Miss Xu, a product developer in Hong Kong
Follow: @MissXu
Tweet: China - where walking and driving become
an hourly game of chicken
Please send more additions, there are plenty of
great people on Twitter in China.
Also, here's a news update. Tweets from people in
mainland China like @giordanobc in the past 24
hours report that Twitter is no longer blocked in
China.
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