Japan is studying building a back-up Tokyo ping.fm/KnU4w

RT affenstunde: Gadu Gadu gives up on mobile telephony - dumps MVNO goo.gl/bef94 MVNOs are done. Future = Branded operator services

One question I'm not hearing much in the Harbin Pharma pollution scandal: "where were the regulators all this time?"

Boeing: China to buy $600b worth of jets over next 20 years | China Economic Review ping.fm/AT9XL

Foreign flags apparently disappearing in Beijing, except for Embassies. New
regulation, or new enforcement policy?

In China, face and politics keep companies from apologizing in a crisis. In the US, it is attorneys and a fear of liability.

First lesson of strategic communications: If you don't frame the narrative, THEY will. ping.fm/6EjgI

At the PublicAffairsAsia Government Affairs Forum in Beijing.

Today's Hutong debate: will Samsung buy $RIMM or $HPQ?

Media in China will lack credibility until it establishes editorial independence from $$ & CCP. Scant chance of that anytime soon.