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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 political communication, international communication and discourse analysis.Born into a farmer family, BI Yantao holds the firm belief that China needs a

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by BI Yantao, China1. 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.htm4. CCTV English: http://english.cctv.com/index.shtml5. People's Daily (English): http://english.people.com.cn/6. Eastday (Shanghai): http://english.eastday.com/e/db/u1a4040423.html

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By Bi Yantao, ChinaAn 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

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You are invited to an INTERNATIONAL GATHERING of the Global Women’s Strike and International Women Count NetworkThe Struggle Against Sexism & Racism:an International Comparison 31 January-8 February 2009 London, England All Welcome Five major events over 10 days. Films to be announced.For detailed information, please log ontohttp://www.globalwomenstrike.net/internationalgathering2009.

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It will take you one click:http://vote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark?pollID=1092468&sparkKey=51dca03f235eb8cb2b1b4efa5cc2199ab0Thank you for your help!

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By BI Yantao, ChinaSince this October on, teachers in Sichuan, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Shannxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shandong, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Liaoning went on strike, demanding a salary raise. The governments across China are on guard at the moment.

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by BI Yantao, ChinaForum on Sichuan Post-disaster Reconstruction and Voluntary Services was held Dec.4 in Chengdu, capital of 5.12 earthquake-hit Sichuan province. Initiated by Sichuan Committee of Chinese Communist Youth League, the forum attracted more than 300 participants from all walks of life, including about 90 representatives of 40 NGOs from across Greater China.Invited by Sichuan

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by BI Yantao, ChinaChina is at a critical intersection. As a communication researcher, I am sure it is the high time to stand up and take whatever responsibility I can.To a great extent, China's future will be shaped by its civil society. But what is the true situations China's civil society is trapped in? What are their hardships and expectations? What roles and functions should the civil

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Global Unification International (GUI) under its adopted constitutional Rules and Regulations is in the process of systematically developing its Internal Global Institutional Network infrastructure aligned under the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Millennium Development Programme for Africa Declaration (UNDP) which is briefly summarised as follows:The GUI internal Pan-African network

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The C.A.Y (Care About the Youth) activity group works for the public good. Public figures from various circles take part in this group for life-care education, psychological consultation and crisis prevention. The purposes of this organization are as followed: To make everybody cherish their lives as well as others'; To establish a Youth Suicide Prevention mechanism joint by the government and

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---Causes, Forms, Tendencies and Countermeasuresby BI Yantao, ChinaThe politicization of Olympics was prematured in the international community when Beijing decided on its Olympic bid, which justifies my assumption that the depoliticization of Olympics is nothing but an ideal. The politicization of Beijing Olympics is an outburst of the international community’s uncertainty about China, an

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by BI Yantao, ChinaAccording to Alan R. Kluver, “Political legitimacy is the perceived convergence of legal and moral authority to rule a nation.” It is “the extent to which the populace views the rulers as deserving of that authority.” Methodologically, it is necessary to classify legitimacy into two types: internal legitimacy (IL) and external legitimacy (EL). In some cases, IL and EL are not

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMr. YAN Xiaofeng (闫肖锋), born 1963 in Beijing, now works as Writer-at-large of New Weekly (《新周刊》）published in Guangdong Province in south China.Educated at Qinghua University and Peking University, Yan Xiaofeng is particularly interested in globalization and cultural transmission. Trained by his supervisor Mr. FEI Xiaotong (费孝通), Mr. Yan is good at analyzing social

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by BI Yantao, ChinaThis morning I successfully logged onto the official website of Radio France International (RFI), which was inaccessible for some time after the Beijing Olympics. I deem it a positive signal in terms of China's media policies.Now, the websites of VOA, BBC, DW (Deutsche Welle or Voice of Germany) and RFI are all accessible here in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province,

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by BI Yantao, ChinaI have succeeded in opening an account at wordpress.com, and I am able to view its blogs, but I am unable to post any article or manage my account. I have tried again and again, but every time it turns out frustrating me.I am wondering what is wrong with it.

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Bi Yantao contributed this written piece for the BBC Your Story project . These are his own personal views. He is a communication researcher based in China.China's websites are beginning to impose the long debated true-name registration policy, which I believe will frustrate an increasing number of netizens in China.Early this morning, I tried to register with the Tianya Community website, one of

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMr. Yin Zhisheng (殷之声) , who passed away in 1999, is appraised as a grassroots thinker in China. I got to know him via his wife Ms. Liu Zhen (刘真）, a good friend of my friend and teacher Yue Jianyi （岳建一）.To be honest, I knew little about Mr. Yin and his family before I read some articles at a blogosphere designed to commemorate Mr. Yin Zhisheng. I am moved by his candid writings

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By Greg FlakusHouston14 November 2008U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. presidential election held on November 4 was an example for the world in how a nation can overcome internal differences. Rice spoke at the 15th anniversary of the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston Thursday. VOA's Greg Flakus was there and filed this report.In her remarks

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by BI Yantao, ChinaTo celebrate the 2009 New Year's Day with the victims of Sichuan earthquake and offer what we can to help the affected people, a second mission to Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, has been launched. All individuals and institutions who are willing to offer a hand are welcome to join us.This mission is designed and coordinated by Care for Life Campaign, a NGO registered in

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by BI Yantao, ChinaTo my unexpectation, Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany) was not viewable this morning in JiNan, capital of Shandong Province, China. It was approachable yesterday.At 17:00 (Beijing time), it is available again when I tried another time, but some of its contents about China's political reform are blocked.Usually, I look thru Deutsche Welle website (Chinese language service)

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMr. Gou Tianlai (苟天来), born in Sichuan Province, is a PhD candidate of China Agricultural University, specializing in rural sociology. I was lucky enough to meet him at UCC, Ireland, where he was studying on an international exchange program in 2007-2008.I was deeply impressed by Mr. Gou's academic capacities and his moral merits. Vastly different from many other Chinese

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by BI Yantao, ChinaYang Jisheng (杨继绳), a former veteran reporter of Xinhua News Agency, has published a book this May in Hong Kong, entitled Tombstone:Archives of the Great Chinese Famine in 1960s (墓碑──中国60年代大饥荒纪实), to commemorate the 36 million people who died of hunger during "the Great Leap Forward" (1958-1960) in China.Yang's Tombstone was published this year by Cosmos Books (Tian Di Tu Shu),

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by BI Yantao, ChinaA Guangming Observer （光明观察）contributor Xu Xunlei （徐迅雷）argues Nov. 14 the detaining of Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's former "president", is an end to Taiwan's shame.Earlier this week, He Jingkai (何京锴) advocates the detaining of Chen Shui-bian should trigger reflections on Taiwan's democracy.On Nov.13, an article at huanqiu.com （环球网）claims the detaining of Chen Shui-bian is a heavy

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BBC website is hosting a debate on Internet Freedoms in China. Everybody is welcome to join it. Here is the link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/interact/2008/11/081114_yourstory_chinainternet.shtml

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by BI Yantao, ChinaI became a contributing author of Global Voices Online November 12, 2008 (GV localized time), and I feel good about it.Currently, Global Voices (GV) has 104 contributing authors, from across the world. My search reveals only a few of them are from Greater China. I feel puzzled. China is the No. 1 in terms of population, and English teaching is a prosperous industry in China,

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by BI Yantao, ChinaIn China, to publish an academic essay is extremely difficult for simply one reason: Too many people are compelled to publish essays to get promoted, to obtain a master or PhD, but the number of journals is miserably limited. Reluctantly, contributors have to pay certain sum of money to get their essays published. But demand still overwhelmingly exceeds supply. Therefore, a new

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by Joan Bright, ChinaNightwatch (http://nightwatchcn.blogspot.com/), taglined as The Conscience and Wisdom of A Chinese Professor, is an English blogospher by a Chinese communication professor. Launched on October 28, 2008 (Beijing time), nightwatch is developing at so great a pace that it is inaccessible in some areas of China.

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by BI Yantao, ChinaWu Mao（五毛）is fifty cents or half yuan in Chinese currency. Wu Mao Dang (五毛党), or Fifty Cents Party, is a derogatory term applied to those pro-government bloggers who are suspected to receive fifty cents for every pro-party post. Does Wu Mao Dang really exist in China, as rumors say? A Chinese blogger took great pains to collect some evidence, but dlliushaokui at sina.com

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by BI Yantao, ChinaEarlier this week, one of my friends told me nightwatch is not accessible in Beijing. This morning another friend of mine warned me nightwatch is probably blocked in Liaoning Province, China. I feel disappointed and concerned.Afterwards I asked some of my friends to try logging onto nightwatch. Luckily, it is approachable now in Shandong Province and Hainan Province.Why am I

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by BI Yantao, ChinaA well-known Chinese blogger WU Jiaxiang argues the “riot” that happened at Taipei Hotel November 6 is in fact part of the rampant “political kidnapping” in Taiwan. The blogger further analyses who are ultimately behind “the political violence” in Taiwan.(Originally posted at Global Voices Online)

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMr. Wu Heping, the spokesman of China's Minsitry of Public Security once openly advocated: Let the news media speak; the heavens will not fall. To this, I will applaud sincerely.As a communication researcher, I would say: Let the people speak; the earth will not perish. But in practice, there are roughly two types of governmental officials: the liberalist and the conservative (

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by BI Yantao, ChinaFor some reasons, I have no alternative but to live in JiNan, capital of Shandong Province, PRC, for some time. But the life here is really frustrating. Why? The water supply is frequently cut off without prior notice! What a life it is if your child is in a haste to go to school! More terribly, the electricity in my residential quarters sometimes breaks off suddenly! Imagine

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by BI Yantao, ChinaCholera broke out late October on Hainan Island, China. It firstly erupted in Danzhou City and Lingao County, Hainan Province, and then spreaded to Haikou, capital of Hainan Province.It is reported that Hainan University has 8 confirmed infections. On November 1 the university imposed quarantine, which was lifted November 10. All the restaurants on campus were closed for

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by BI Yantao, ChinaRecently, China’s websites begin to impose the long debated true-name registration policy, which I believe will frustrate an increasing number of netizens in China.On the early morning of November 7, I tried to register with Tianya Community website, one of the most popular websites in China, finding again I am required to activate my account to be qualified to post. Any

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by Joan Bright, ChinaProf. BI Yantao, educated in China, UK and Ireland, has been persistently appealing for freedom of speech in China since he turned to communication and media studies in September 2002. So far he has published a great number of essays, commentaries and translations in print media and new media, calling for free press.Here is a list of his essays published in print media,

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by BI Yantao, ChinaWhy is the U.S. president-elect Barack Obama so popuar among the Chinese people?In addition to Obama's age and personality, his African descent is the major reason, as far as I can see. For many of the Chinese people, it is a miracle for a man of African descent to rise to the presidency of the United States of America, the unparalleled superpower in the world.It is both an

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by BI Yantao, ChinaOn Oct. 30, I submitted a post entitled China: Internet censorship tightened to Fool’s Mountain. To my surprise, it incited a hot discussion and received high appreciation. Until 16:00 Nov. 8 (Beijing time), 131 commentaries have been posted.One article entitled Blog censorship silences free speech around the world at worldfocus mentions this post as follows:Bi Yantao of the “

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by BI Yantao, ChinaHow Should We Then Live? is a book by Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer, an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor, according to Wikipedia. The Chinese version of this book was first published in China January 2008 by Huaxia Press. This is the first time for his books to get published in mainland China.The book is subtitled as The Rise and

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMs. CHEN Yuexia (陈月霞), born in Ningyang County, Shandong Province, now works as a lecturere of Department of Foreign Languages Teaching, Taishan University, China. Always a reliable help to his colleagues, studentds and friends, she is praised as a symbol of righteouness and quite popular among her students.While at college, Ms. Chen majored in English and minored in Japanese.

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by BI Yantao, ChinaProf. Miao Xingwei (苗兴伟 ), born 1967 in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, is a deputy president of School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, China. He is a well-respected PhD supervisor and fruitful researcher. His major research areas include functional linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and applied linguistics.For more information, please log

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by BI Yantao, ChinaThe other day I talked with some governmental officials in China. When it came to political issues, they made all efforts to defend the status quo and criticized the Western democracy. Furthermore, they tried hard to convince me of their perception and help adjust my stance.I once talked with a businessman, who has accumulated a great amount of fortunes in the past years. He

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Here is the full text of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech in St Paul, Minnesota, at his winning the presidential election.Tonight Minnesota, after 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.Thousands of miles have been

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by BI Yantao, ChinaSome years ago I took interest in the mystery of Yingyang and the Five Elements (or Wu Hsing). Now I feel fascinated with them and even Taoism. In my research I am repeatedly surprised to find the philosophy of the Five Elements can be applied to guide political communication. I once successfully used it to analyze the political struggles in Hong Kong.As I fall for Taoism, I am

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by BI Yantao, ChinaBasic InformationLocation: Spanning Tai’an City and Jinan City, Shandong Province, ChinaHeight: 1545 meters above sea levelMount Taishan (“shan” means “mountain” in Chinese), with its main peak in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, China, is famous for being the “First of the Five Sacred Mountains” although it ranks third among the five mountains in terms of height. In Chinese

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by BI Yantao, ChinaBeijing Reach Interpretation and Translation Services, affiliated to Beijing Reach Business Consulting Co. Ltd., is a professional translation agency registered with Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce and recognized by Beijing Notary Authorities.The Company, launched by people with international educational and working backgrounds, is noted for its top quality

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by BI Yantao, ChinaOn Oct. 30, I submitted a post entitled “China: Internet censorship tightened” to Fool’s Mountain. To my surprise, it incites heated discussions among the FM’s users. Until 16:00 Nov. 2 (Beijing time), 67 comments have been posted.To tell the truth, it is a good opportunity for me to enlarge my horizon and improve my English. Jerry, one of FM’s users, said openly to me, “It is

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by BI Yantao, ChinaDr. Cui Guitian, born in Jimo City, Shandong Province, works for School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, as a well-respected professor. I got acquainted with Dr. Cui via one of my relatives, who convinced me the professor is a trustworthy and easygoing scholar.Dr. Cui specializes in comparative studies of political parties and governance

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by BI Yantao, ChinaWhen surfing the official website of School of Political Science and Public Adminsistration, Shandong University, my attention was caught by Prof. Zhang Xi-en's profile.Prof. Zhang, born in Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province, now works as a vice president of his school. He is a well-respected PhD supervisor.Prof. Zhang's main research areas include theories and culture of

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by BI Yantao, China1. http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/ (Allyn & Bacon)2. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3669 (Communication Studies)3. http://www.cosmoedu.net/journalismresources.html(Cosmopolitan University, USA)4. http://www.ojr.org/ (OJR, digital media center)5. http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/09/your-guide-to-citizen-journalism270.html (Media Shift)6. http://

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by BI Yantao, ChinaCongratulations! Guangming Observer suddenly came back to life yesterday, just as it suddenly ceased updating October 13.Mr. Mu Dong (pen name), Chief Editor of Guangming Observer, told me yesterday in an email, he has been ill and has now recovered. I feel releived. We have established a long-standing friendship.When I noticed on October 15 Guangming Observer ceased updating,

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by BI Yantao, ChinaYouth Journalist is one of the most influential journalism journals in China, elaborately designed for journalism practitioners and academics. In 2007, it was valued among Top Ten Creative Journals, the sole journalism journal granted this honor that year. Youth Journalist is now out to be the most prominent investigative journalism journal in China. Launched in 1941, Youth

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by BI Yantao, ChinaGlobal Women Strike (GWS) is a nongovernmental organization headquartered in London, taglined as “International network for recognition and payment for all caring work, and the return of military spending to the community starting with women the main carers”. Cooperating with national co-ordinations in 13 countries and participating organisations in over 60 countries, Global

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Prof. BI Guangming, born in Hubei Province, now works for Hainan Normal University, as Director of Teaching and Research Section for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature. He is a State Council Expert for Special Allowance, a member of China’s Writers’ Association, Chief Editor of Journal of Hainan Normal University (Social Science Edition), and so forth. (by BI Yantao, China)

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by BI Yantao, ChinaMedia Digest, popular among the Chinese journalistic world over the globe, is a monthly journal published by Radio Television Hong Kong. Its official website (www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest) is also well-known globally. Fortunately, I have got 12 articles published in Media Digest since June 2003.Media Digest is also accessible at http://www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest/prev/

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by BI Yantao, ChinaBased in California, USA, Fool’s Mountain is co-founded by a group of writers focusing on Chinese issues. It regularly publishes English articles and essays targeting both the Western and Chinese audience. To my appreciation, Fool’s Mountain claims to be “completely unaffiliated with any government, political party, or movement”. Noteworthily, its tagline “A wise one knows

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by BI Yantao (mainland China), 2002Abstract: Geographically, politically, economically and socio-culturally, Singapore enjoys an unequalled status. Singapore’s government practises tight censorship of media but most of its people are satisfied with the censorship, because the censorship is well justified on a multitude of grounds. It’s a wonder that the Singapore’s government has so successfully

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Prof. Zhou Yongxiu (周永秀 ), born in Jimo City, Shandong Province, now works as a deputy professor of Taishan University, China. She received her education, chronologically, at Qufu Normal University, Shandong Normal University and Shandong University. Since her graduation in 1990, she has been teaching EFL in Shandong Province. Prof. Zhou is very popular among her students.In addition to her

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Communication Studies Forum (http://www.chuanboxue.net) is a private website founded in 2001 by Prof. Ruan Zhixiao, a researcher working for Sichuan Academy of Social Science. This website impressed me deeply by vowing to defend and promote academic equality. I joined its editorial board as an editor soon after I returned to China in September 2003. With the joint efforts of its editorial board

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To activate an account on Tianya community website, taglined as "a communal home for global Chinese netizens", applicants are required to apply for a Tianya Code first. To obtain the Code, three choices are offered, each of which is actually imposing the controversial true-name registration system. (by BI Yantao, China)http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-126321

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Dr. Sun Jin now works as a professor and PhD supervisor of Department of Politics, Beijing Normal University, from which he obtained his PhD in 1988. In his earlier years, he worked on philosophy and esthetics, while in the recent 15 years he specializes in politics and sociology. He is also Director of Institute for China’s Rural Issues, Beijing Normal University. (by BI Yantao, China)

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Global Unification International (http://www.globalunification.com/) is a research and development association (sustainable development policy think tank), specializing in the transfer of technology, systems, applications, corporate governance, processes and procedures to institutions and organizations in developing countries.Services Include:* Policy Research and Development* Emerging Markets:

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Struggles over Controlling Public Opinion in China: A Case Study of Hainan Jinhai Issueby BI Yantao, Hainan University (Mainland China)Presented at World Association for Public Opinion Research Regional Seminar (Hong Kong, December 8-10,2005)

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by BI YantaoPresented at China Communication Studies ForumJune 24-26, 2005 Nanning, Guangxi Province, P.R. ChinaAbstract: My research suggests that the public opinion in Japan influences Japan’s foreign policy toward China through different channels. Therefore, it is vital to reshape the opinion environment in Japan in order to improve the bilateral relationship between Japan and China. To

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Bi Yantao: "Guangming Net's Guangming Observer" Suddenly Ceases Publishing By chinafreepress.org (translation)Oct 21, 2008 - 3:12:42 PM Bi Yantao: "Guangming Net's Guangming Observer" Suddenly Ceases PublishingBi Yantao blog: http://blog.51.ca/u-29124/The full English version of this blog is accessible at http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2008/10/200810220306.shtml

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Part of Publications by Bi Yantao(Years 2006-2007)Part One: Book(s)Bi, Yantao. Reconstruct the World with Information. Hong Kong: Heyi Cultural Press. September 2007Part Two: Essays1. Zhou, Yongxiu and Bi, Yantao. “Interpretation of Literary Texts”. Journal of Hainan Teachers’ University. December Edition 20072. Bi, Yantao and Zhou, Yongxiu. “Curb the Linguistic Violence and Defend the Public

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BI Yantao ( China )Anxious for a new experience and fascinated with communication studies, I took the MA Communication Culture and Media program at Coventry University in 2002. Five years has passed since my graduation, but I still believe the time at CU one of the most fruitful and enjoyable periods in my life. I especially enjoy the flexible teaching and tutorial system, and the excellent

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Established in December, 2004, Center for Communication Studies of Hainan University (CCSHU) is the first of its kind in Hainan Province. It is initiated and directed by Prof. Bi Yantao, who is educated in China, UK and Ireland. The Center is designed to1. promote the mutual understanding and exchanges between the people andscholars of P.R.China and other countries, from the perspective of

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Are you eager to know what China is really like? Are you working on a project on China or writing about China? If you need any cooperation or assistance from China, please don’t hesitate to contact Prof. BI Yantao via bytaishan@sina.com. Thank you.

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Daizong Meditation Room, established by Professor BI Yantao, is designed to promote the political communication studies in China and advance the democratization of the Chinese mainland. Situated at the foot of the world-famous Mount Taishan, Daizong Meditation Room is the first non-profit research center of its kind in China. It is open to all interested researchers over the world, free of charge

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by BI YantaoUpdate: Oct.28, 2008As Beijing Olympics closed, the Internet censorship in China further tightened. Undeniably, this deterioration has affected and frustrated an increasing number of netizens in China.First, it is unlikely now to publish any contribution on state-run or commercial websites in China once “sensitive words” are identified in your writing. Some blog-hosting sites practice

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