Events & Activities

Alistair Nicholas spoke on "Winning with the Public and Government Through Better Communications" at the Australian Investment Forum: Investing for China's Future, organised by ANZ Bank and law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques, 19 October, St Regis Hotel, Beijing. His notes for the speech are available for download here.

Alistair Nicholas is currently authoring a chapter on "Reputation Management" for a forthcoming handbook on communications. The book is due for release in the United States in November 2010. Watch this space for an update.

Alistair Nicholas is a regular speaker at industry conferences. He recently addressed the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)'s Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Hong Kong in April 2010, speaking on reputation management and crisis management in China. In May he addressed the AsiaPacific Public Affairs Forum in Beijing on crisis management and government relations in China.

AC Capital in the News

The issue of ethics in the public relations industry in China were addressed by Alistair Nicholas, AC Capital's President and CEO, during a panel discussion on "PR Cyber Spin and Smear Campaigns" on Blue Ocean Network TV's Chinalogue program of 29 November 2010.

The "Hidden risks of doing business in China" were addressed by Alistair Nicholas, AC Capital's President and CEO, in an interview with the braodsheet newspaper The Australian on 30 November 2010. The full article can be read here.

AC Capital President & CEO, Alistair Nicholas, participated in a panel discussion on "Chinese Overseas Mergers & Acquisitions" on China Radio International's Today on Beyond Beijing program of 22 November 2010. To hear the full discussion, click here and select the first hour of the program.

Alistair Nicholas took part in a panel discussion on "investing in China". The discussion was hosted by China Radio International's Today on Beyond Beijing program of 14 October 2010, which asked the crucial question "is China a good place to do business?" The one hour discussion can be heard here (listen to Hour 1 of the show). For a written summary of Alistair's comments visit the China Global Speakers' website here.

Alistair Nicholas was quoted on poor ethical standards in China's PR industry in an AP story about allegations that executives at China dairy company Mengniu fabricated a scandald that products of rival company Yili caused infant girls to develop breasts. The story ran as "China milk scare exposes scandal-for-hire industry" and was picked up in newspapers as diverse as The Washington Post and India's Economic Times.

"Gillard fires a Griswold diplomacy time bomb," The Daily Telegraph, 30 September 2010: Alistair Nicholas was quoted extensively in this article on the appointment of Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Alistair argued that the appointment could sour Australia-China relations.

"The evolution of the advertising industry in China": Alistair Nicholas interviewed on CCTV News' Crossover program, 30 May 2010. To view the discussion, click here.

"Spies Like Us: The Trials and Tribulations of Doing Business in China" by Alistair Nicholas, published in Australia-China Connections, September/October 2009.
"Corporate Crisis Management", a panel discussion on China Radio International's Today on Beyond Beijing, Hour 1, 2 September 2009. Panelists included Mr Craig Hoy, CEO of Public Affairs Asia; Mr William Valentino, Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility at Bayer China; and Alistair Nicholas, President & CEO of AC Capital Strategic Consulting.
"Australia and China: It's strictly business", by Rowan Callick, The Australian, 20 August 2009.

"Tale of final straws and camel backs", by Rowan Callick, The Australian, 19 August 2009.

Alistair Nicholas participated in a panel discussion on industrial espionage hosted by China Radio International. A story and link to the panel discussion can be found on China Global Speakers' website, here.

“Corporate responsibility helps keep China harmonious”, The Australian, 24 November 2008

"Crying over spilt milk," by Rowan Callick, Australia-China Connections, November/December 2008

“China’s tainted food scandal a lesson for foreign firms”, The Australian, 22 September 2008

Time to Get Onboard with “Onboarding”: How the Head of Communications Can Move Into the Ranks of Invaluable Advisor, PR Magazine, Issue N0. 6, 2006 (Article in Chinese)

"The proof of the suing …", The Age, 10 August 2006

"China Chemical Industry News" (article in Chinese), 11 July 2005

"Trading with Cultural Awareness in China", Bright, Reflecting Business Brilliance, September 2005

"Bad Memories Stir Japan in Chase for China", The Age, 23 March 2005

Dossier: Les Promotions Didactiques (article in French)