China Media Centre

25 MA students  from Hong Kong Baptist University, specialising in Financial Journalism, attended the CMC study trip “Financial and Economic Reporting in the UK” from 3 January until 10 January 2010. The delegation was lead by Prof Huang Yu, who took his PhD at the University of Westminster under Professor Colin Sparks and is Head [...]

ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT PARTY

The Director spoke on China and joined the Chinese Ambassador Ms Fu Ying on a panel which also included the Lib-Dem Leader in the Upper House, Lord McNulty, and the Shadow Foreign Affairs Secretary Michael Moore MP.
WILTON PARK

The CMC partnered Wilton Park (an Executive Agency of the Foreign Office) [...]

Communications, cultural and media studies research at the University of Westminster has been shown to be “world-leading” following the announcement today of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results.

2008年12月18日，英国官方机构公布了几年一度的科研考评报告 (Research Assessment Exercise，RAE)，其中部分内容对英国各大学媒体传播专业的学术研究水平进行了全面而详细的评估。威斯敏斯特大学（University of Westminster）以较大优势名列第一名，伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）和伦敦大学金.史密斯学院（Goldsmiths College）以相当接近的分数名列第二、第三。

This month’s issue of the China Review features a review of Will Hutton’s controversial new book ‘The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century‘ by CMC Director, Professor Hugo de Burgh.
In his review, Professor de Burgh opposes Will Hutton’s negative assessment of China’s economic and political situation. Professor de Burgh [...]

Who: Professor Hugo de Burgh
What: Lecture ‘What is a journalist? What is a Chinese Investigative Journalist?’
Where: London School of Economics, U8 Tower One
When: Wednesday 14 February 2007
This lecture is open to the public.  If you would like to attend, more details can be found on the LSESU China Development Society Seminars webpage.

Engaging with the wider academic community, debating developments in China’s media and sharing our research experience with business and industry groups are important aspects of work at the CMC.

Professor Hugo de Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre, has been appointed Honoured Professor at Tsinghua University as part of the PRC 985 International Leading Scholar Program Second Round/Specialist Plan for the Introduction of Key Knowledge and Talents.
Professor de Burgh has also been appointed Honorary Professor at Shandong University.
Professor Hu Zhengrong, who spent 6 months at the CMC [...]

In August Professor Hugo de Burgh spoke with Adam Connors on SBS Radio’s World View program about his new book China Friend or Foe. According to professor de Burgh, while China’s media is often viewed by outsiders as a mouthpiece of the party, journalists and the media are playing a much more complex role than many realise.  Click [...]