East-West Center Media Conference

For a look at the Power Point presentation that accompanied this talk, go here.
Reporters covering or attempting to understand China must understand that this huge nation is following its own path — a path that combines capitalism, socialism, Communism and its own Chinese identity, a top East West Center China expert told the Bankgok Media [...]

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To hear an audio version of Dr. Orville Schell’s talk, go HERE
Every conference has a moment or two that helps define discussion for the entire event.
At the Bangkok Media Conference, one such moment came during the presentation by China expert and journalist Orville Schell.

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One of the toughest nuts to crack for any journalist these days is Burma.
The military rulers there have a tight rein on the media - What goes in as well as what goes out.
A media conference session on Burma put the situation in stark perspective.

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Whether it is due the coming of the Olympics, globalization , the steady beat of democratization or emerging local, non-state enterprises, good things are happening to the media in China, one of that country’s leading press reformers told the media conference.
Li Datong, Senior Editor at China Youth Daily and a longtime advocate of [...]

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