BI Yantao (Mr.) is an independent observer, nonpartisan freelancer and communication professor based in mainland China. Born in Shandong Province in eastern China, Yantao received education in China, UK and Ireland. His major research areas are strategic communication, political communication and discourse analysis.
Born into a farmer family, BI Yantao holds the firm belief that China needs a stronger civil society to ensure an improved relationship between the government and the people, to combat bureaucracy and corruption. That is why in recent years Yantao has been making every effort to help empower the grassroots organizations in China.
BI Yantao deems that political communication studies can benefit both the elites and the grassroots. To impart the knowledge and techniques he has accumulated these years, Yantao has been working as Director of Center for Communication Studies, Hainan University, China, since he founded the Center December 2004.
To promote exchange and cooperation among communication researchers, BI Yantao established Daizong Meditation Room at the foot of Mt. Taishan in 2008. As the first non-profit research center of its kind in China, Daizong Meditation Room is designed to promote the political communication studies in China and advance the democratization of the socialist country. It is open to all interested researchers over the world, free of charge.
To verify and enahnce his expertise, Yantao has been active in different kinds of social movement. Prof. BI is now Director for Asian Affairs, Global Unification International (GUI), an NGO headquartered in Australia. In the meantime, he works as a consultant for several other entities.
As a consistent advocate of freedom of expression in China, Yantao is a diligent writer. He is a contributing author of Global Voices Online. Meanwhile, he writes for dozens of influential Chinese websites and journals. As of Februrary 2013 he has published 10 books and more than 500 articles in print media of mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, UK, USA, Canada and Germany.
"Mastery of effective communication techinues is a prerequisite to realize our targets at lower costs.”
Friday, February 6, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
China's major English news websites
by BI Yantao, China
1. China Daily: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
2. China's Web: http://www.china.org.cn/
3. Xinhua (English): http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/index.htm
4. CCTV English: http://english.cctv.com/index.shtml
5. People's Daily (English): http://english.people.com.cn/
6. Eastday (Shanghai): http://english.eastday.com/e/db/u1a4040423.html
1. China Daily: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
2. China's Web: http://www.china.org.cn/
3. Xinhua (English): http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/index.htm
4. CCTV English: http://english.cctv.com/index.shtml
5. People's Daily (English): http://english.people.com.cn/
6. Eastday (Shanghai): http://english.eastday.com/e/db/u1a4040423.html
Monday, January 19, 2009
Rural Chinese woman attends Int’l conference
By Bi Yantao, China
An international conference on Struggle Against Sexism and Racism is to be held in London January 31 to February 8, 2009. More than 150 participants from 21 countries will attend it.
The 10-day conference consists of 5 five seminars to discuss respectively:
1. Grassroots Struggle Against Sexism and Racism: an International Comparison;
2. Our Debt to Haitians – the First to Abolish Slavery;
3. Rape and Prostitution – A Question of Consent;
4. Invest In Caring, Not Killing: Valuing the Work of Caring for People and the Planet;
5. Rediscovering Tanzania’s Ujamaa –Tribute to the Great Ntimbanjayo Millinga and the Ruvuma Development Association.
This conference is organized by Global Women Strike and International Women Count Network, two grassroots organizations which are headquartered in London.
The organizers say, “Mothers who produce all the workers of the world are not considered contributors to the economy and must fight for every penny to feed families. Some are fighting to survive floods, droughts or other climate catastrophes. Others are separated from their children. Domestic workers who produce time for others are marginalized and exploited. Rural workers who grow the food we eat are the most neglected”.
Invited by International Women Count Network, Miss Wang Shumei, a rural woman from mainland China, will attend this international gathering. She will introduce the effect of China’s reform and opening-up on its rural political, economic and social ecology. Wang Shu Mei will exchange experiences with grassroots women from other countries. On her return, she will be reporting back on these common concerns.
It is noticeable that this international event will be staged at the Venezuelan Embassy in London.
An international conference on Struggle Against Sexism and Racism is to be held in London January 31 to February 8, 2009. More than 150 participants from 21 countries will attend it.
The 10-day conference consists of 5 five seminars to discuss respectively:
1. Grassroots Struggle Against Sexism and Racism: an International Comparison;
2. Our Debt to Haitians – the First to Abolish Slavery;
3. Rape and Prostitution – A Question of Consent;
4. Invest In Caring, Not Killing: Valuing the Work of Caring for People and the Planet;
5. Rediscovering Tanzania’s Ujamaa –Tribute to the Great Ntimbanjayo Millinga and the Ruvuma Development Association.
This conference is organized by Global Women Strike and International Women Count Network, two grassroots organizations which are headquartered in London.
The organizers say, “Mothers who produce all the workers of the world are not considered contributors to the economy and must fight for every penny to feed families. Some are fighting to survive floods, droughts or other climate catastrophes. Others are separated from their children. Domestic workers who produce time for others are marginalized and exploited. Rural workers who grow the food we eat are the most neglected”.
Invited by International Women Count Network, Miss Wang Shumei, a rural woman from mainland China, will attend this international gathering. She will introduce the effect of China’s reform and opening-up on its rural political, economic and social ecology. Wang Shu Mei will exchange experiences with grassroots women from other countries. On her return, she will be reporting back on these common concerns.
It is noticeable that this international event will be staged at the Venezuelan Embassy in London.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Struggle Against Sexism & Racism
You are invited to an INTERNATIONAL GATHERING of the Global Women’s Strike and International Women Count Network
The Struggle Against Sexism & Racism:
an International Comparison
31 January-8 February 2009
London, England
All Welcome
All Welcome
Five major events over 10 days. Films to be announced.
For detailed information, please log onto
http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/internationalgathering2009.htm
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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