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  Xiao Qiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xiao studied physics at the University of Science and Technology of China and from there entered the University of Notre Dame astrophysics PhD program from 1986 to 1989.
Xiao was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and was a visiting fellow of the Santa Fe Institute in Spring, 2002.
Xiao currently teaches classes on participatory media, China and human rights while researching the intersection of technology, media and China's democratic transition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xiao_Qiang   (199 words)

  
 2001 MacArthur Fellows Announcement - Xiao Qiang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Xiao Qiang is a leader in promoting the cause of human rights in China in the West and within China itself.
Xiao's efforts raise awareness in and outside China of protest activities like the Tiananmen Mothers Campaign, which seeks justice for the victims of the massacre.
Xiao Qiang received a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China and studied astrophysics (1986-1989) at the University of Notre Dame.
www.macarthurfellows.org /Fellows2001/contents/longbios/qiang_xiao.htm   (392 words)

  
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Xiao's lanky frame and rebellious long hair have also become a fixture at congressional hearings and international forums, where he speaks as a champion of dissidents and go-between for them and their audience.
Xiao considers that a slap in the face for the Clinton administration, which has had a policy of engagement that Xiao feels turns a blind eye to human rights violations in favor of commercial and diplomatic interests.
Xiao was finally able to go to school in his teens when he left his parents on the farm and moved in with his grandparents in Beijing.
avalon.unomaha.edu /religion/qiang.htm   (2208 words)

  
 UCLA International Institute :: Remembering the Carnage in Tiananmen: June 4, 1989
Xiao, who was a physics student at Notre Dame University in June, 1989, on hearing of the massacre, immediately returned to China.
As Xiao Qiang joined the bystanders, he saw a man approach the soldiers and ask, "Where are you from?" The soldiers did not reply.
Xiao Qiang was the founding director of Human Rights in China, an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to the promotion of universally recognized human rights and the advancement of the institutional protections of these rights in China.
www.isop.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=11904   (1436 words)

  
 April 9, 2003 – Xiao Short Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Xiao Qiang is the Tang Teaching Fellow and the Director of Berkeley China Internet Studies Program at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley.
A physicist by training, Xiao Qiang received a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China and studied as a PhD candidate (1986-1989) in astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame.
Xiao is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and is profiled in the book "Soul Purpose: 40 People Who Are Changing the World for the Better," (Melcher Media, 2003).
www.uscc.gov /hearings/2001_02hearings/bios/xiabio.htm   (130 words)

  
 The Republican Policy Committee - China Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
XIAO QIANG has been executive director of Human Rights in China for eight years.
Xiao's lanky frame and rebellious long hair have also become a fixture at congressional hearings and international forums, where he speaks as a champion of dissidents and go-between for them and their audience." Newsday continued, in words that show both PRC atrocities and the significance of June 4:
Born to parents who are both scientists, Xiao dreamed of becoming 'Einstein Number Two.' But growing up during China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976, which ravaged the country with political persecutions, Xiao did not receive much formal schooling as a child.
policy.house.gov /html/china_chineseleaders.html   (1080 words)

  
 On The Media- Inside the Great Firewall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
XIAO QIANG: Well, the Great Firewall is a good metaphor, but it's really not about absolute control of the information.
XIAO QIANG: China has established over 37 laws and legal regulations since 1994 to sort of establish the boundary of what can be said and what can be used on line.
XIAO QIANG: Well, in the long term, I think you are asking a right question.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_052005_firewall.html   (768 words)

  
 UCLA Center for Chinese Studies: Remembering the Carnage in Tiananmen: June 4, 1989   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Xiao Qiang declared that he was sure that if he or anyone else protested, he would be shot.
Immediately, Xiao Qiang continued, he understood the "message" of June 4 that Deng Xiaoping, China's paramount leader, wanted to drive home: If you rebel, we will crush you.
Xiao Qiang went on to relate three stories of personal tragedies bound up in the events in Tiananmen involving people of his generation, namely, people who were in their 20s in on June 4, 1989.
www.international.ucla.edu /ccs/article.asp?parentid=11904   (1418 words)

  
 CHRI: Panel, Issues of International Communication and Human Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born in 1961, Xiao Qiang holds a B.S. from the physics department of the University of Science and Technology of China.
Xiao Qiang has written and spoken extensively on the human rights situation in China in both English and Chinese.
Xiao is also a founding member and North American representative of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights NGO Facilitating Team, and has lectured in over 30 countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa on the promotion of human rights in China.
www.utexas.edu /coc/rtf/chri/panelist2.html   (1012 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: China's crackdown on dissidents- December 30, 1998
XIAO QIANG, Human Rights in China: It has gone way beyond those few now prominent individuals' heavy sentences.
XIAO QIANG: Well, it's happening now because Chinese government is seriously frightened.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And Xiao Qiang, in the brief amount of time we have left, what are you hearing about the effect of arrests on the people in the movements, which leaders have been arrested from?
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/july-dec98/china_12-30.html   (1654 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
XIAO QIANG, DIRECTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: Well, I think that present -- the current situation the U.S.-China high-level visit will present an opportunity and challenge for U.S. to set a China policy with an important human rights dimension.
QIANG: Well, I certainly support trade with China, but trade should not be a replacement of human rights policy.
Xiao Qiang, who is the executive director of human rights in China and John Tkacik, who is a fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0107/28/cst.06.html   (1134 words)

  
 Lateline - 13/7/2001: Human rights still a problem for China . Australian Broadcasting Corp
XIAO QIANG: Well, the -- in general China's prison condition is one of the worst in the world.
XIAO QIANG: We have written to all the Olympics members regarding to the issues we're concerned.
TONY JONES: Xiao Qiang, thank you very much for joining us tonight on Lateline.
www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s329292.htm   (681 words)

  
 Muzi.com | Guestbook Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On August 25, Xiao Qiang, after the episode of rumuor/scandal with the tycoon, finally make her appearance in public again.
At the end of the show, Xiao Qiang was reported to have thrown the bouquet of flower toward a guy who is seated at the front row.
After being cornered finally Xiao Qiang revealed that she knew this gentleman only this year.
guestbook.muzi.com /post.shtml?p=24080&q=PS24140828082001&type=record&l=english§ion=chinastar   (241 words)

  
 UC Berkeley SIMS: Distinguished Lecture Series: Fall 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The director of the project, Xiao Qiang, will talk about the main goals and current status of the website, and share his thinking and experiences behind the current approach.
Xiao Qiang is the Tang Teaching Fellow and the Director of Berkeley China Internet Project at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley.
Xiao was former Executive Director of Human Rights in China (1991 - 2002).
info.sims.berkeley.edu /events/dls/2005-04-20.html   (396 words)

  
 E-Buzz Taiwan Reviews : Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Ming Tian You Ni) With Lin Ruiyang, Ma Jingtao, Chen Derong, ...
And by this time, Steven is now seeing Xiao Qiang but holds this grudge towards Kevin and tried to destroy him from one episode that I could see.
Xiao Qiang is supposed to be average in money but her house is so big.
Xiao Qiang and other two actresses came and Xiao Qiang looked simply ravishinbg with her skin tight top, colourful pants and her braided hair.
www.geocities.com /tvbrev/mingtianyouni.html   (866 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Human Rights in China -- February 26, 1999
And Chinese-born Xiao Qiang is executive director of the nonprofit organization, Human Rights in China.
XIAO QIANG, Human Rights in China: Well, as far as the political repression is concerned, it has been continued over the last decades and including last year, the whole year.
XIAO QIANG: One aspect from the political point of view that the Chinese communist party already lost its ideology legitimacy, which is -
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june99/china_2-26.html   (2467 words)

  
 Taiwan: Superior Family ¶W¯Å¥@®a 1997
Kevin and Xiao Qiang become one of the favourite on-screen couple due to their sparkling chemistry.
Xiao Qiang's father wants her to marry her childhood friend, however, she only sees him as a brother.
To me, Xiao Qiang's childhood friend is too old for her (I don't know this actor, he looks quite old) but this guy is super-nice and he could do anything for her, as long as she is happy.
www.spcnet.tv /taiwan_superior.shtml   (535 words)

  
 AM Archive - Human rights boost
XIAO QIANG: This has to be very carefully watched.
XIAO QIANG: We very much like those attention has a clear dimension on the humans rights with a very specific emphasis.
XIAO QIANG: I'm not sure the current political system is so still.
www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s329652.htm   (397 words)

  
 ringtonia.com: Color Ringtone the new trend in China
"Xiao Le, the host of Beijing Music Radio, is now also the founder of a Color Ringtone Composing Studio.
The very popular color ringtone "Xiao Qiang" is produced in his studio.
"Xiao Qiang" has already been downloaded for more than 70 thousand times and that's the number in Beijing only.
www.textually.org /ringtonia/archives/2004/11/006067.htm   (137 words)

  
 Meta
Xiao qiang's article on 'New Scientist" raised a lot of discussions in Slashdot community, as well in China's blogosphere.
Some guys blogged to complain Dan Gillmor and Xiao Qiang ignored more wide voices of China's blogosphere.
Via del.icio.us, Xiao Qiang's article was seen bookmarked by many people around the world.
www.isaacmao.com /meta/2004/11/whats-real-benchmark-on-chinas.html   (463 words)

  
 Committee to Protect Bloggers: XIAO QIANG ON THE STATE OF CHINESE BLOGGING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
XIAO QIANG ON THE STATE OF CHINESE BLOGGING
Xiao Qiang, Director of the Berkeley China Internet Project has provided the CPB with the following outline of the state of blogging in China.
For more extensive information on this topic, read Xiao Qiang’s article on the same topic.
committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com /2005/02/xiao-qiang-on-state-of-chinese.html   (309 words)

  
 Taiwan: Dream Behind the Curtain 1996
When he finally decides to tell Xiao Qiang his true feelings, they had an accident before he even has a chance to tell her.
Xiao Qiang gives a memorable performance in this series, especially after her character finds out the truth about her sister and boyfriend.
I remember one scene between Kevin and Xiao Qiang where Xiao said "I wish I could rip your heart out" and Kevin tore his shirt apart and said "Here it is, why don't you just go ahead and rip it out".
www.spcnet.tv /reviews/review.php?rID=555   (821 words)

  
 World :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
A month before Beijing and Tokyo prepare to commemorate the highly sensitive 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender on August 15, relations between the two neighbors are dangerously strained over a host of historical, territorial and economic disputes.
It is entirely coincidental that Robert Mugabe 's six-day feting in China began on the weekend hard on the heels of a United Nations report harshly -- and quite rightly -- condemning his odious regime.
A mugshot of a North Korean soldier arrested after slipping into China and pictures of murdered Korean-Chinese farmers are hard to miss in Chinese villages along the long border between the two countries.
chinadigitaltimes.net /world   (7712 words)

  
 Many-to-Many: Welcome Guestblogger Xiao Qiang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I met Xiao when were panelists on social software at an IFTF event.
He has been a political activist since Tiananmen, is the founding executive director of Human Rights in China, is a MacArthur and Santa Fe Institute fellow and now directs Berkeley's China Internet Project.
Xiao can help us understand more than the state of blogging in China and all those links you wish Google can translate.
www.corante.com /many/archives/2004/05/22/welcome_guestblogger_xiao_qiang.php   (180 words)

  
 China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
Five villagers representing the 500 residents of Yangguidian, a village in central Hubei province, were taken off a bus by about 40 police officers on Saturday as they tried to travel to Beijing, the New York-based group Human Rights in China said in a statement.
The thought of Confucius and Confucianism on "the policy of harmonious benevolence" and on "harmonious but different" is of significance to the administrator of a country and to the leaders of the developed countries (particularly the United States) in the world today.
In a 11-page report, Health Minister Gao Qiang detailed a list of serious problems plaguing the sector and expressed concerns about its ability to deal with unexpected crises.
journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/chinadn/en   (4231 words)

  
 *____don't worry, i'm watching over you____//
I was glad, so when I finished everything, I passed it to "xiao qiang".
I told "xiao qiang" I spend quite some time on it.
Then "xiao qiang" said he only spend less than 1 hour doing it.
www.cheesyzhi.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_cheesyzhi_archive.html   (6123 words)

  
 The Peking Duck: Xiao Qiang talk to NPR on China's media blackout of Zhao's death
Xiao Qiang talk to NPR on China's media flout of Zhao's death
Fellow blogger and director of the director of the Berkeley China Internet Project Xiao Qiang tells how China is attempting to suppress any discussion of Zhao's passing in both the mainstream media and over the Internet.
Xiao also talks briefly of his own participation in the fun and games of June 1989.
pekingduck.org /archives/002174.php   (311 words)

  
 An Introduction to 'China Digital Times' - Events - Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Based at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, CDT aims to use the new generation of interactive digital media technology to create a collaborative network that will track and report news, facilitate conversations and debate, and share resources and knowledge in a virtual China community.
The director of the project, Xiao Qiang, will talk about the main goals of the website and explain how UCB students and scholars can become part of the vibrant online CDT community.
Xiao Qiang is the former Executive Director of Human Rights in China and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.
ieas.berkeley.edu /events/2005.04.26.html   (182 words)

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