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The history of sexy advertising ladies in ChinaPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, November 17, 2006 2:34 PM
From Daily Telegraph correspondent Richard Spencer's blog:
A tough Old China Hand The book does not seem to available on Amazon yet, but here is the Hong Kong University Press page about it. The image above is the cover of Carl Crow's Four Hundred Million Customers: The Experiences--Some Happy, Some Sad of an American in China and What They Taught Him, which you can buy on Amazon. |
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Comments on The history of sexy advertising ladies in China
At the risk of appearing to be a ruthless self-promoter (which I suppose given this post I am anyway, but never mind) anyone interested in Carl Crow and around in either Hong Kong, Guangdong or Chengdu might be intersted in the following events. I think most of them are free or if you have to pay something you do get wine and nibbles:
Hong Kong: Monday November 20- Carl Crow Lunch at M at the Fringe 1/F South Block, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong- Contact +852-2877 4000 for reservations
Hong Kong: Tuesday November 21 - 7.30pm- Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club - Carl Crow: His Newspapers, His Adverts and the People He Knew2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong- Reserve with FCC reception on +852-2521-1511 or email banquet@fcchk.org
Hong Kong: Thursday November 23 - 7.15-9pm- Hong Kong University Library Reading ClubSpecial Collections, 1/F, Main Library, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong- Free admission - register on http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club
Chengdu: Tuesday November 28 - 7.30pm- Chengdu Bookworm- Section 4 Renmin Nanlu, No 28, Chengdu- contact Peter Goff on petergoff99@yahoo.com
Chengdu: Wednesday November 29 - 2.30pm- American Consulate Speakers Corner Event- 4 Ling Shi Guan Road, Chengdu
Guangzhou: Tuesday December 5- British Chamber of Commerce- contact John Jamison on manager@britchamgd.com
Shenzhen: Tuesday December 5- British Chamber of Commerce- contact John Jamison on manager@britchamgd.com