| | DAILY BRUIN ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Beijing University Professor Jiao Guobiao caused angst among Chinese politicians this spring, when he wrote a scathing condemnation of censorship in China in a piece whose influence grew rapidly, as users disseminated it on the Internet. |
 | | The piece is sarcastic in tone, and UCLA political science Professor Richard Baum, principal organizer of today's speech, said Jiao has become a hero among elements of Chinese society opposed to restrictions on the press. |
 | | "Jiao Guobiao has become something of a cause celeb in China, because he stood up to the propaganda authorities who censor the media," Baum said. |
| www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/printable.asp?id=31115&date=11/29/2004 (409 words) |