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NEWS

China thwarts all efforts to ambush Olympic Games Government tears down 30,000 outdoor ads to protect sponsors Olympic organizers in Beijing are restricting access to outdoor media in the capital through the end of September for Olympics sponsors such as UPS, Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch, demonstrating how strong the government's grip remains in the mainland. But sponsors are also finding it difficult to navigate the strict anti-ambush measures.

	Coke's Olympic campaign turns Beijing into “Shuang City" And more news in Greater China Coca-Cola finalizes Olympic marketing with “Shuang City" campaign ; BBDO wins Guinness from Saatchi & Saaatchi; Nokia divides media between Heartland and Universal McCann; Motorola and Kodak launch Motozine ZN5; and more breaking news in Greater China.

PEOPLE

	Y&R's Jonathan Teo And more people news in Greater China Young & Rubicam has appointed two exec creative directors in China--Jonathan Teo in Beijing and Kelvin Koh in Shanghai; BBDO appoints Hans Lopez-Vito; Motorola promotes Ian Chapman-Banks, and other news in Greater China.

VIEWPOINT

	Riots and pandas and monks, oh my! Youth trend expert P.T. Black P.T. Black examines five key nationalist moments that have rocked Chinese youth during a year of Olympic fervor, political tension, protests and earthquakes.

FAST FACTS

TV shopping sales reach $1.5 billion TV shopping channel sales in China reached 10.5 billion RMB ($1.5 billion) last year, up 87.5% from 2004, and equal to about 0.01% of China's total retail sales. Shopping channel sales are forecast to almost double to 20 billion RMB this year. The most common purchases: home supplies and mobile phones, followed by home appliances, beauty products, digital products and computers.Source: CSM Media Research