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CHINA: SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Speaker: Dr. Bingchun Meng Date: Thursday 8th March, 2012 Time: 2-3.30pm Venue: A6.5, Maria Hewlett Building (A Block), Harrow Campus Chair: Prof Hugo de Burgh OPEN TO ALL In this presentation, Dr Bingchun Meng will first lay out some of the theoretical debates as well as methodological challenges regarding [...]

‘EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON LOVE’: CHINESE CHRISTIANITY AND THE PARTY Speaker: Dr GerdaWielander Date: Monday 5th March Time: 2-4pm Venue: A 6.8 Maria Hewlett Building (A Block) Harrow Campus Chair: Prof Hugo de Burgh OPEN TO ALL This talk asks the question what influence Christian values have had on social and political values in post-socialist China. [...]

The next China Media Centre seminar will take place on Wednesday 22rd February between 4-6pm at Westminster University’s New Cavendish Campus, in room C1.04. Prof Michel Hockx from SOAS, University of London, Dr. Mei Hong, Assistant Professor from Southwest Jiaotong University and Prof David Gauntlett from University of Westminster, will give a talk with the title ‘China: [...]

China Media Centre hosted leading TV stars as they shared insights on the opportunities for potential China-UK media partnerships Jeremy Paxman (principal news and current affairs presenter, BBC), Wang Hui (Head of Communications, City of Beijing) in the chair, Bai Yansong (principal news and current affairs presenter, CCTV) Jeremy Paxman and China’s leading current affairs presenter and writer Bai Yansong joined Paul Jackson [...]

China’s culture industries. Last month the 4 day annual meeting of the Central Committee took place with the theme of enlivening the ‘cultural system’. Chinese culture, in the sense of publishing, artworks and the appreciation of historical artefacts is developing very richly without any need of the Central Committee. New schools and universities are being [...]