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James Zhu
Jul 19, 2012

Five things to know about social-media campaigns in China

With Chinese social-media users estimated to reach 414 million by 2014, Mindshare China's national director for social media James Zhu sheds some light on what it takes for a social media campaign to be successful in this densely populated landscape.

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