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China Decode: Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever
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Sponsor Break: LinkedIn Hiring Pro & SoFi Student Loans
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LinkedIn states that nearly 60% of businesses using LinkedIn Hiring Pro find a candidate to interview within one week.
LinkedIn reports that 2.7 million small businesses currently use its platform for hiring.
The Lululemon Great Wall yoga campaign triggered a nationalist backlash that topped 50 million views on Weibo after a drum in promotional imagery was perceived as Japanese.
Lululemon staged an ambitious yoga event on the Great Wall to celebrate Chinese culture. It backfired when a drum in the imagery was identified by netizens as a Japanese wadaiko. The brand apologized — but the episode is just the latest in a long string of Western brand disasters in China.
