Xiao Qiang 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 of China Digital Times, a bilingual collaborative China news website. A theoretical physicist by training, Xiao Qiang studied at the University of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986-1989) in astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame.

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  • Xiao Qiang 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 of China Digital Times, a bilingual collaborative China news website. A theoretical physicist by training, Xiao Qiang studied at the University of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986-1989) in astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame. He became a full time human rights activist after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Xiao was the Executive Director of the New York-based NGO Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice-chairman of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy. He has spoken at each meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva from 1993 to 2001, and has testified many times before the United States Congress. He has lectured on the promotion of freedom, human rights and democracy in China in over 40 countries in Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America and Africa. Xiao has published numerous articles in the International 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 for Radio 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 the Santa Fe Institute in 2002. Xiao teaches classes on Participatory Media/Collective Action and Covering China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. He also researches and writes about state online censorship and propaganda, emerging "Citizen Blogging" movement, and network activism in Chinese cyberspace. In Fall 2003, Xiao launched China Digital Times to explore how to apply Web 2.0 technologies to aggregate, interpret, and contextualize the news about China. In 2006, Xiao helped initiate and facilitate the Open Net Consensus forum - which started the process of developing global principles on freedom of expression and privacy and included Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other global internet companies, as well as several universities and human rights and civil rights organizations and investors. This process led to the launch of the Global Network Initiative in October 2008.
  • Xiao Qiang ist ein bekannter chinesischer Menschenrechtler. Er ist der Direktor des China Internet Project an der Graduate School of Journalism der University of California, Berkeley. Xiao studierte Physik an der University of Science and Technology of China und nahm danach von 1986 bis 1989 am Astrophysik-Ph.D. -Programm der University of Notre Dame teil. Nach dem Tian'anmen-Massaker 1989 wurde er Menschenrechtler. Von 1991 bis 2002 war er Geschäftsführer der nichtstaatlichen Organisation Human Rights in China, und er ist stellvertretender Vorsitzender des internationalen Organisationsnetzes World Movement for Democracy. Er ist außerdem wöchentlicher Kommentator für Radio Free Asia. Xiao lehrt derzeit über China und Menschenrechte, erforscht den Zusammenfluss von Informationen und Kommunikationstechnologien und Chinas sozialen und politischen Wandel, und er führt das Nachrichtenportal China Digital Times im Rahmen des China Internet Project. Xiao erhielt 2001 die MacArthur Fellowship, und im Frühling 2002 war er Gaststipendiat des Santa Fe Institute.
  • E' direttrice del China Internet Project alla scuola di giornalismo della Università di Berkeley oltre che fondatore e capo redattore di China Digital Times, un portale di informazioni sulla Cina con sede a Berkeley. Xiao insegna Media partecipativi/Azioni collettive e sui Blog in Cina sia alla Scuola di Giornalismo ed alla Scuola di Informazione all'Università di California di Berkeley. Si interessa anche di ricerche e scrive sulle censure di stato, media civici e sugli attivisti emergenti sulle reti sociali nel cyber-spazio cinese. Xiao ha studiato fisica teorica all'Università di Scienza e Tecnologia della Cina e frequentò il programma per il PhD in astrofisica dell'Università di Notre Dame astrophysics dal 1986 al 1989. Dopo i fatti di piazza Tiananmen del 1989 è diventato attivista dei diritti umani. È stato anche direttore esecutivo della Organizzazione non governativa di New York Human Rights in China dal 1991 al 2002 e vice-presidente del comitato direttivo del World Movement for Democracy. Ha anche una rubrica settimanale di Radio Free Asia. Xiao ha ricevuto il MacArthur Fellowship nel 2001 ed un visiting fellow del Santa Fe Institute nella primavera 2002.
  • Xiao Qiang is een Chinees hoogleraar, journalist, mediaondernemer en mensenrechtenactivist. In 2001 ontving hij een MacArthur Fellowship. Hij wordt genoemd in het boek Soul Purpose: 40 People Who Are Changing the World for the Better van Sonia Choquette uit 2003.
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  • Xiao Qiang 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 of China Digital Times, a bilingual collaborative China news website. A theoretical physicist by training, Xiao Qiang studied at the University of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986-1989) in astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame.
  • Xiao Qiang ist ein bekannter chinesischer Menschenrechtler. Er ist der Direktor des China Internet Project an der Graduate School of Journalism der University of California, Berkeley. Xiao studierte Physik an der University of Science and Technology of China und nahm danach von 1986 bis 1989 am Astrophysik-Ph.D. -Programm der University of Notre Dame teil. Nach dem Tian'anmen-Massaker 1989 wurde er Menschenrechtler.
  • E' direttrice del China Internet Project alla scuola di giornalismo della Università di Berkeley oltre che fondatore e capo redattore di China Digital Times, un portale di informazioni sulla Cina con sede a Berkeley. Xiao insegna Media partecipativi/Azioni collettive e sui Blog in Cina sia alla Scuola di Giornalismo ed alla Scuola di Informazione all'Università di California di Berkeley.
  • Xiao Qiang is een Chinees hoogleraar, journalist, mediaondernemer en mensenrechtenactivist. In 2001 ontving hij een MacArthur Fellowship. Hij wordt genoemd in het boek Soul Purpose: 40 People Who Are Changing the World for the Better van Sonia Choquette uit 2003.
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