Seminars and networking
Asia:NZ's media programme organises occasional seminars throughout the year and participates in roundtables or events linked to programme activities.
China's first blogger on his country's rapidly expanding blogsphere
The number of bloggers in China has exploded in the past seven years to over 40 million and that number is continuing to grow, says the man who was there at the beginning when the scene was a nascent one in 2002.
Isaac Mao is the man credited with being one of the very first Chinese internet users to set foot in what has since become the country’s massive blogosphere. He’s a kind of godfather to the movement which is becoming increasingly self aware of its power to circumvent the Chinese government’s centralised efforts to control news and social media content. Read more.
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Foreign Policy in Asia media seminar - November 2008
