AKQA Readies China Outpost

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NEW YORK AKQA is pushing into China in anticipation of the Summer Olympics there in 2008.

The San Francisco-based independent said it would open the office next month in Shanghai, offering creative, technology and strategy. Ho Chee Yue, general manager of AKQA’s Singapore outpost, where he was general manager, will helm the new Shanghai office opening next month. He is recruiting staff for the office now, said Tom Bedecarre, AKQA’s CEO, who expects the office to have 25 employees by the end of the year.

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