Xiao Qiang
Xiao Qiang 萧强 is the Director of China Internet Project and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. He is the Founder and Publisher of China Digital Times, an independent China news portal.
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 Massacre in 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 American 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 Spring, 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 censorship and control of the internet, online political discourse, and emerging public opinion and collective action in Chinese cyberspace. In Fall 2003, Xiao launched China Digital Times to explore how to apply cutting edge technologies to aggregate, interpret, and contextualize the news about China.
Stories by Xiao Qiang
- Dec 03 2008: Where Are Chinese (And Bangladeshi) Internet Police Being Trained?
- Dec 03 2008: “Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money”
- Dec 03 2008: Benjamin A Shobert: Obama’s Collision Course With China
- Dec 02 2008: Workers In South China City Block Highway For Labor Contract Dispute
- Dec 02 2008: Liu Bolin: Urban Camouflage (Photo Series)
- Dec 02 2008: China’s Six-To-One Advantage Over The US
- Dec 02 2008: Chinese Authorities Enforce Switch from Microsoft
- Dec 02 2008: Yongsheng Zhang: China’s Economic Reforms Pushed By Civil Society
- Dec 02 2008: China Fears Restive Migrants As Jobs Disappear in Cities
- Dec 01 2008: 300 Chinese Cab Drivers Hold Strike In South China
- Dec 01 2008: Elizabeth Economy: Leadership Gap in China
- Dec 01 2008: Do Chinese Web Users Have More Fun?
- Dec 01 2008: Elliot Sperling: Don’t Know Much About Tibetan History
- Dec 01 2008: Taxi Driver Strike, Union and Street Democracy
- Dec 01 2008: Media Commentary On Mass Incidents: Masses ‘Out Of Touch With The Facts’ Is Official Dereliction Of Duty
