China and the Internet

The National Committee on United States-China Relations presents a talks on China and the internet by Professors Ashley Esarey and Yang Guobin.

The National Committee invites you to attend a program on the Internet in Chinese society with Professors Ashley Esarey and Yang Guobin. Esarey and Yang will focus on the extent of the development of the Internet in China today; where the IT revolution is going over the next five years; how freedom of political discourse on the Internet affects political activism, the official media and state-society relations in China; and the implications of these developments for U.S.-China relations.

Dr. Yang is an associate professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. His most recent book is The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online (Columbia University Press, June 2009).

Dr. Esarey, an An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, is working on a book called The Challenge of Truth: Media and Power in Contemporary China; his recent publications examine the effect of commercialization on media control in China and political expression in Chinese Internet spaces.

The program will take place on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the offices of Jones Day in New York City. Address to follow.

There is no registration fee, but advance registration is required. Kindly direct your RSVP to event@ncuscr.org by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 9.