- Xiao Qiang
Xiao Qiang (zh-stp |t=蕭強 |s=萧强 |p=Xiāo Qiáng) is the Director of China Internet Project and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Journalism,
University of California, Berkeley . He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief ofChina Digital Times , an independent China news portal.A
theoretical physicist by training, Xiao Qiang studied at theUniversity of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986-1989) inastrophysics at theUniversity of Notre Dame . He became a full time human rights activist after theTiananmen Square protests of 1989 . Xiao was the Executive Director of theNew York -based NGO Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice-chairman of the steering committee of theWorld Movement for Democracy . He has spoken at each meeting of theUnited Nations Commission on Human Rights inGeneva from 1993 to 2001, and has testified many times before theAmerican Congress . He has lectured on the promotion of freedom, human rights and democracy in China in over 40 countries inAsia ,Europe ,North America ,Latin America andAfrica . Xiao has published numerous articles in theInternational Herald Tribune ,Washington Post ,Wall Street Journal ,Le Monde ,Der Spiegel ,Los Angeles Times ,South China Morning Post and other major publications. He is also a weekly commentator forRadio Free Asia .Xiao is a recipient of the
MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and is profiled in the book Soul Purpose: 40 People Who Are Changing the World for the Better, (Melcher Media, 2003). He was also a visiting fellow of theSanta Fe Institute in 2002.Xiao is currently teaching classes on Participatory Media/Collective Action and Covering China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism,
University of California, Berkeley . He is also researching and writing about state censorship and control of the Internet, and the impact of information and communication technologies on China's media, politics and international relations. In Fall 2003, Xiao launched theChina Digital Times news portal to explore how emerging Web 2.0 technologies and practices can advance the world's understanding of China. He is also the author of bilingual personal blog Rock-n-Go (岩棋志) and a public speaker on China's information revolution and its future.External links
* [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/ China Digital Times]
* [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6707 The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China] by Xiao Qiang
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/interviews/xiao.html PBS: FRONTLINE TheTankMan: Interview Xiao Qiang]
* [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/audio/xiao_bbc_interview.mp3 BBC: Carrie Gracie's Interview with Xiao Qiang]
* [http://rockngo.org/ Rock-n-Go] , Xiao's personal blog
* [http://journalism.berkeley.edu/ The Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040605105558/www.macarthurfellows.org/Fellows2001/contents/longbios/qiang_xiao.htm MacArthur Fellow Biography] , see Xiao Qiang
* [http://avalon.unomaha.edu/religion/qiang.htm Champion of Democracy]
* [http://www.hrichina.org Human Rights in China]
* [http://www.ustc.edu.cn/en/ University of Science and Technology of China]
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