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ALUMNI STORIES – Part 5: Wang Donglei 王冬雷 Editor in Chief of “UK Chinese Times” 中国时报

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During the summer of 2012, I was a student, along with many classmates from Communications University of China, on the China Media Centre summer school. The three-week course focused on the deepest and compra cialis newest topics in media industry. It opened the gate of profound and broad international vision for me. After closely listening to the top academics in the world, I started to keep up with global current affairs and found my interest in global communication grew more and more Moreover, London is always a great place to step onto a new part of the global stage, no matter which   practical or theoretical experience you are pursuing. 

Following the course, I came to the UK to continue the Master studies in journalism and culture, and I obtained the opportunity to work as a journalist and editor for a British Chinese newspaper, the UK Chinese Times. Subsequently I was promoted to become the Chief Editor of the newspaper. Now I plan to continue to study the media industry; my interest all originates in the experience of that summer school at China Media Centre.

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Professor de Burgh’s Gresham College lecture

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On 1 December 2020 Professor de Burgh delivered public lecture China through its Media for Gresham College.
China’s media provide a window into the Chinese mind, as the country asserts itself in the world as a great power. What do Chinese people think is the purpose of life? What matters most to them? In what do they believe? How do officials and journalists explain their responsibilities? 

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ALUMNI STORIES – Part 4: Xia Mengshu 夏梦舒 Casting Director and sale tadalafil pharmacy Production Researcher of Houghton Street Media 恒顿传媒

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In 2018, when I was studying my MA degree at the University of Westminster I worked as project assistant for China Media Centre. My performance impressed CMC colleagues who introduced me to an independent TV production company in China known as Houghton Street Media. I joined  the R&D and International Affairs team at Houghton Street Media after I successfully finished my study in the UK. My daily work is to do research and development, plan programmes as well as formats tracking. I also participated in the production of The Mysterious Life of Children《小孩的神秘生活》as the casting director, and another show aimed for young generation entitled BLK946. Everything I learned in UK and my work for CMC has been of great help to my current work.  

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The Eight Hundred (八佰) International IMAX Premiere Night

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On 14 September 2020, CMC staff and last year’s MA and PhD students were invited by the UK-China Film Collab, a London based non-profit organisation, to the Premier at Leicester Square of The Eight Hundred (八佰), a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film, directed and co-written by Guan Hu (管虎). The film is about eight hundred Chinese soldiers fighting under siege in a warehouse in the middle of Shanghai and directly across the river from the International Concession, in 1937.  

After the film, the CMC Director was interviewed by CCTV, CGTN and Europe Daily (欧洲日报) as to whether he thought that the dramatic and technically brilliant film and its human story would appeal to Westerners. He suggested that for the film to be comprehensible and appealing to Europeans and buy cialis generic online Americans, it would be useful to get across these points:

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ALUMNI STORIES – Part 3: Zhao Ye 赵烨 New Media Anchor

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I call myself a new media anchor. I direct, edit and create short video contents for big video platforms in China such as Tiktok and Bilibili (known in China as B website, one of the biggest Chinese video-sharing platforms for young audiences).

“When I studied at the University of Westminster for my MA degree in 2018, I worked as a project assistant for China Media Centre. I have never forgotten my time there. What I’ve learned from my experiences with CMC is to work hard and all your efforts will be paid back someday.”

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