Xiao Qiang
Xiao Qiang | |
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MacArthur Fellow |
Xiao Qiang (
Xiao teaches classes Digital Activism, Internet Freedom and Blogging in China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. In fall 2003, Xiao launched China Digital Times[5] to explore how to apply cutting edge technologies to aggregate, contextualize and translate online information from and about China.[6] His current research focuses on state censorship, propaganda and disinformation, as well as mass surveillance in China.[7]
Biography
A theoretical physicist by training, he studied at the
Recognition
Xiao is a recipient of the
In January 2015, Xiao has been named to Foreign Policy magazine's Pacific Power Index, a list of "50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship." He was named on the list "for taking on China's Great Firewall of censorship."[9]
References
- ^ MacArthur Fellow Biography
- ^ "Counter Power Lab". ISCI. International Computer Science Institute. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-8256-2.
- ISBN 978-0-19-804178-8.
- ^ "The "Coral Reef" Below the Ship of China's Internet Censorship Interview with Xiao Qiang". MATTERS. March 2, 1997. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ Website chronicles China’s massive effort to control Internet content
- ^ Qiang, Xiao. "The Road to Digital Unfreedom:The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State." Journal of Democracy, no. 1 (2019): 53-67.
- ^ "Champion of Democracy". Newsday. March 2, 1997. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "The Pacific Power Index". pacificpower.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Rock-n-Go, Xiao's personal blog