If you plan to be in Washington D.C. this coming Wednesday, please join me for an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Cyber-ocracy: How the Internet is Changing China
Cyberspace
has clearly become one of the liveliest public forums in China, despite
the efforts by the Chinese government to control online access and
content. China's netizens have become more skillful and assertive in
utilizing the Internet to voice their opinions and, occasionally, force
the Chinese government to become more responsive. But the Internet has
also allowed more nationalist and radical views to contend for
influence and sway public opinion. How is online public opinion
changing Chinese society? Will the new freedoms found in the virtual
world lead to greater political participation or help fuel resurgent
nationalism? How is the Chinese government responding to online
activism?
Rebecca MacKinnon, a veteran journalist and an astute
observer of the Chinese media, will share her most recent research
concerning online politics in China on February 18 at the Carnegie
Endowment. Because space is limited, please confirm your participation
as soon as possible.
Speakers
Rebecca MacKinnon is a 2009 Open Society Fellow and is currently writing a book tentatively titled
Internet Freedom and Control: Lessons from China for the World. Ms. MacKinnon operates the blog
Rconversation and is cofounder of
Global Voices,
a global citizen media network. She additionally serves as an assistant
professor at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies
Centre, where she teaches online journalism and conducts research on
the Internet, China, and censorship. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she
was previously CNN bureau chief in Beijing and in Tokyo.
Minxin
Pei is a senior associate in the China Program at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on
democratization in developing countries, economic reform and governance
in China, and U.S.-China relations. He is the author of
From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union (Harvard University Press, 1994) and
China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (Harvard University Press, 2006). Pei’s research has been published in
Foreign Policy,
Foreign Affairs,
National Interest,
Modern China,
China Quarterly,
Journal of Democracy,
and many edited books. Pei is a frequent commentator on BBC World News,
Voice of America, and National Public Radio; his op-eds have appeared
in the
Financial Times,
New York Times,
Washington Post,
Newsweek International,
International Herald Tribune, and other major newspapers. Pei received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.
Personally I think it can only change China for the better.
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