The People’s Republic of China filed a $24K per-month contract with BLJ Worldwide effective June 28 for ongoing PR services.
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Peter Brown’s firm is to support programming and activities of Beijing’s DC embassy with services such as drafting/editing statements, media monitoring, social media, spokesperson training, crisis management and special events.
President Trump, according to the New York Times, is frustrated by Chinese leader Xi Jinping‘s failure to lean on North Korea over its missile launches.
He warned China's president that the US is willing to act alone in the event that China fails to "put a heavy move on North Korea."
The Times reported the honeymoon between the two presidents is over following Washington’s decision to sell weapons to Taiwan, threaten trade sanctions and brand China as a human trafficker.
Brown is the former manager of The Beatles and director of Apple Corps.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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