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Bye bye, 'Obama girl'? Media paid 100K RMB to promote Wang Zifei

The secret is out and her fifteen minutes are up: yesterday, Global Voices and ESWN reported that Wang Zifei, more commonly known as the 'Obama girl' who sat behind the US President when he delivered his speech at Shanghai's town hall, was in fact an... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Dec 04 2009

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17 Nov 09 visit President Obama at Town Hall meeting in China Part3 3/6  »  YouTube
03 Dec 09 visit China: The Obama Girl Was An Internet Promotion Campaign  »  Global Voices A female student Wang Zifei, who sat behind Obama when he delivered his speech at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, has become a Internet celebrity. Local media recently found out that her boyfriend actually paid 100,000 yuan to hire a Beijing...
15 Dec 09 visit 'Obama Girl' exposes easily manipulated society  »  People's Daily &$&$By Xiao Kailin&$&$ &$ &$Wang Zifei in red coat.&$&$ US President Barack Obama's first visit produced few tangible results, but it did popularize one "lucky" girl. While Obama was giving a speech at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on...
28 Jul 09 visit Foreign media: Obama wants closer ties with China  »  People's Daily US President Obama delivered a speech to inaugurate the first China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington on July 27. World leading media, especially those in the US and Europe have commented on the speech by President Obama on his vision of...
26 Feb 08 visit Granddad throws his little girl under train  »  Shanghai Daily THE man who allegedly put a one-year-old girl under a moving train causing her legs to be severed has been identified as her grandfather, a local newspaper reported yesterday. Wang Daojin, 58, allegedly put the girl, Wang Yunfei, in a bamboo-made basket...
16 Nov 09 visit Obama greets students in friendship  »  Shanghai Daily NEARLY 400 Shanghai college students took part in a town hall meeting yesterday afternoon with US President Barack Obama, who delivered friendly, encouraging messages to the generation that represents China's future. ...

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