Kreab Greater China

08/06/2015

Is this true? Well, we have seen that government information sessions for some tender processes are conducted only in Cantonese.

Critics say government contravenes own laws by favouring Chinese in communicating with public and media, despite both being official languages

05/06/2015

Alibaba told the media that this would help to "level the playing field" in financial data. It's a great narrative for what are actually commercial motives.

The $193.6 million deal reflects Alibaba's appetite for data and ambitions for media.

03/06/2015

Why are Chinese entrepreneurs coming to the US? Our client says it is actually for business opportunities, not for gaining permanent residency.

01/06/2015

Some of media sources told us they are less interested in the event than in a report on implementation several months in. As anyone who has spent time in BJ knows, that is a valid concern.

Anyone caught violating the ban must pay 200 yuan (US$32.25)

29/05/2015

Comms and politics: This draws attention to the issue of the lack of mechanisms to cultivate political talent in Hong Kong. "Politicians" are media savvy and would know that tying senior care to land polities is dangerous. "Administrators" are less likely to recognize the sensitivities.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said he was “saddened” by an incident in which residents of a private home for the elderly were made to stand naked on an open-air podium as they queued for showers....

27/05/2015

An executive from leading financial exchange we represent tells Barrons that the yuan might fall if it were set to float and that this may be a good thing for the Chinese economy.

26/05/2015

Meanwhile, the United Front Work Department has just held a conference aimed at coopting social media professionals. The China-domestic vs international rift in social media has never been so wide.

A senior Twitter executive laid out the company's benefits to Chinese businesses looking to connect with a global audience at a talk in Shanghai that ignored restrictions placed on the service in China....

23/05/2015

This is certainly the SCMP's loss.

Three prominent British journalists who have written for the South China Morning Post for nearly 40 years combined will be deprived of their regular op-ed columns starting next month. Philip Bowring, Kevin Rafferty and Stephen Vines, long-time city residents who together have more than 100 years of…

22/05/2015

Watch this space! Iris Tam resigned from URA in March due to concerns that commercial purpose was outweighing social purpose of that org. How will the govt react to a historic vessel lying right in the path of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass? Somewhere between surprisingly good and dreadfully is the likely answer.

It could take years for the shipwreck discovered in Victoria Harbour to be conserved, salvaged and exhibited, according to the marine historian who is certain it’s the remains of HMS Tamar – the famous vessel scuttled by the British Navy during...

20/05/2015

A highly creative mix of public interest advocacy and advertising! We love it!

Success of media campaign to combat Hong Kong's littering epidemic is hailed, with over four million shares on social media

19/05/2015

Our own sources tell us that, while this marks the end of a significant chapter in the Nina Wang saga, more legal wrangling is expected as her wishes are implemented by the trustees. We wonder what Nina would have thought about all this.

Hong Kong government lawyers will be helping fill in the blanks of late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum’s homemade will after the city’s highest court ruled that the charity entrusted with Wang’s multibillion-dollar estate will have to follow her will to the letter.

18/05/2015

This is a rather refreshing take on the political reform dispute. The public is rarely aware of how signaling and trial balloons are used by political figures. It seems these tools are giving the HK media headaches.

With neither side looking ready to compromise, both must see through the negotiating tactics