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Catering to Local Tastes, McDonald's Finally Adds Rice to the Menu in China

Catering to Local Tastes, McDonald's Finally Adds Rice to the Menu in China

McDonald's is adding rice products to its menu for the first time in China, to better appeal to local tastes.

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Overworked? 24-Year-Old Ogilvy China Staffer Dies After Heart Attack at Desk

Overworked? 24-Year-Old Ogilvy China Staffer Dies After Heart Attack at Desk

Reports that Gabriel Li died of chronic overwork have not been substantiated. Still, his death highlights the lack of boundaries between work and personal life in China.

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BMW Studies China To Forecast Consumer Trends

BMW Studies China To Forecast Consumer Trends

BMW is studying ways to meet the fast-changing demands of its customers in China, and see which trends may go global.

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Why Local Digital Advertising Agencies Have Upper Hand in China

Why Local Digital Advertising Agencies Have Upper Hand in China

International agencies dominate many aspects of China's marketing industry, but local players have the upper hand when it comes to digital -- and that's why they're the M&A target du jour.

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Is the World Ready to Buy a Car Made in China?

Is the World Ready to Buy a Car Made in China?

Chinese car brand Qoros' 'social' sedan is backed by marketing that emphasizes urban practicality over speed.

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Ad Age China Archives

China Passes Japan to Become World's No. 2 Movie Market

"China's building 10 screens a day," said MPAA CEO Christopher Dodd.

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Major China Websites Plan Blackout To Mark Earth Hour

Websites will "go dark" to observe Earth Hour, as people worldwide turn off lights to promote energy conservation.

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How Chicken Poetry Is Helping KFC Recover From China Scandal

With 'Operation Thunder', social media and a poetry contest, KFC appears to be recovering from a food safety crisis in its most important market.

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Urged to Buy Local Cars, Chinese Officials Prefer Audis

ina's government is pressuring bureaucrats to buy local to help domestic automakers and cut lavish spending.

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Marketers Heed China's Social Media Explosion

The pressure is on for marketers to spend more, learn to navigate key platforms, and work with opinion leaders.

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Why China's State-Owned Companies Make More Cars Than They Can Sell

At least three state-owned automakers have amassed huge surplus capacity and are in no hurry to reduce it.

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Can Huawei's Latest Branding Campaign 'Make It Possible'?

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei kicked off a branding campaign for its devices business at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the tagline "Make it Possible."

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GM China's President Talks About Where Sales Will Come From

Bob Socia, General Motors China's new president, talked with Automotive News' David Sedgwick about where the automaker's growth will come from in China and other developing markets in Asia.

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