William Moss is Director of Global Corporate Communication for Motorola Mobility, based in San Francisco. He spent 17 years in Asia, and was in China from 2004 through 2012, where he did agency and in-house public relations for the China operations of foreign multinational companies. Much of Moss’ work has involved the risks afflicting foreign companies operating in China, including labor relations, litigation, and regulatory and product quality issues. He has also analyzed the Chinese government’s public communication in large scale domestic crises.
Moss has written on China technology and business for CNET Asia, Media Magazine, Foreign Policy, and China Economic Review. While living in China he also authored Imagethief, a widely-read blog on communication and media in China, and was a regular contributor to the Sinica podcast on China current affairs.