virtualreview

china: news and opinion

Was iPhoneGirl A Phony?

yWeekend reporter Ma Jun spoke to Foxconn, Apple, Internet promoters and others but still could not decide whether the iPhoneGirl affair was just a clever promotional campaign. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Fri, Sep 05 2008

see also:

12 Jun 07 visit Jailed Reporter Suing Yahoo  »  YouTube videoChinese reporter Shi Tao who was recently awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom by the World Association of Newspapers, has been jailed. The Chinese authorities claimed he had posted state secrets on the internet. As a result he is now serving a 10 year...
10 Sep 08 visit China: Iphonegirl, a PR or not?  »  Global Voices Imagethief carries on the discussion on whether or not the Iphonegirl is a well-planned PR campaign.
06 Sep 08 visit China: Iphonegirl a planned beauty?  »  Global Voices Local media yweekend did an investigative report on the Iphone Girl issue and it is yet a mystery whether the story is a public relation plan. ESWN has translated the local report.
28 Aug 08 visit China: Iphone Girl  »  Global Voices Dedric Lam from Shanghaiist reports on how the Iphone Girl story has been traveled back to China. Local netizens have created a website for her, iphonegirl.cn, and urged netizens not to human-flesh search and publish her personal data.
21 Jun 07 visit How The Reporter Found The Shanxi Brick Kiln Slaves  »  ESWN Henan TV Metro Channel reporter Fu Zhenzhong tells yWeekend about how he got involved in the story about the slave laboers in Shanxi brick kilns.
29 Nov 07 visit Frontline Reporter Diary on South China Tiger Affair  »  ESWN A Huash.com reporter recalled his frontline activities in a small town where he knew that everybody was lying to him but he nevertheless had to keep on smiling.

« Today's Stories