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Xiao Qiang
Xiao Qiang is Director of the China Internet Project, University of California at Berkeley. He was the Founding Executive Director of Human Rights in China.
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China's Virtual Revolution
Xiao Qiang Series: China World 2003-12-05After eight years of explosive growth, there are now almost as many internet users in China as there are members of the 70-million-strong Communist Party. China's "information elite," the largely urban, educated, professionals who are China's internet surfers, are becoming a force of equal size to the ruling political power base. What will this new center of power mean for the transformation of Chinese society? ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17719
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Tiananmen: the Gate to China's Future
Xiao Qiang Series: The World in Words 1999-06-04Ten years have passed since the shocking images of carnage in Beijing galvanized me into a new life as a human rights activist. The government's brutality then, and all my experiences since, have convinced me that without a proper accounting for those crimes, China's future will remain in doubt. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6659
