Akio Takahara
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 14:04 — bensInterview Date:
05/28/2009
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<p><strong>Akio Takahara </strong>teaches contemporary Chinese politics at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Public Policy. His first visit to China was in 1983 as a post-graduate student at the University of Sussex's Institute of Development Studies. In the late 1980's he lived and worked in China as a researcher at the Consultate-General of Japan in Hong Kong. Over the years, he has also held visiting positions at the Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China and at Harvard University.</p>
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Professor of Public Policy
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Asia
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It's All About the Rural Household
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 14:09 — andrewsmeallExpert Name:
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Tradition’s Legacy
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I mean Confucian East Asian societies have, of course, a tremendous advantage in a way...
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<p>Well, I think the household has a unit of consumption and production, it is clearly part of the growth engine. And so we're talking about rural China, as I said, about self-sufficiency in China at the rural level. In 1983, when it's contracting down to the household, it's all about the household. Like in many agrarian societies, the head of a household sees everyone in his household, it's a male head, as part of his labor team. They are trying to maximize everybody's labor power to accumulate, the largest amount of assets for their family household.</p>
<p>That's not unique to China, there are many countries like that. But China and Taiwan, Korea, Japan, I mean Confucian East Asian societies have, of course, a tremendous advantage in a way because Confucian ideology and the traditions of ancestor worship make that family both a sacred unit, an economic unit, a social unit...If you look at all the rituals that go through it, I mean, it's very very coherent and powerful. And it's one reason why when people emigrate, they are also able in a way to reproduce it. It's eminently reproducible. And you don't need assets to reproduce it. You just need, I don't mean "just," a definition of what family obligations should be, how far they go, and they are profoundly economic. It is about accumulation for the family. And that is a terrific modus operandi in a capitalist society. As you reduce consumption, you maximize savings, you pool savings for long-term investment, you think long-term. It's a very powerful economic engine.</p>
<p>And the contradiction to some people is that, 'But this is a communist socialist society. Don't they...you know, oppose family loyalties and in particular, let's say religious precepts, tradition and...' No! And that was my first book. In fact, what the revolution did did by keeping everybody tied to their village and not letting people leave, strengthened the rural family. So you then allow people to migrate and literally you have 300 million households out there ready to move in a highly capitalistic mode.</p>
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Deborah Davis explains how China's Communist revolution strengthened family ties, creating 300 million family units ready to seize their newfound economic freedom in the early 1980s.
Rose Luqiu
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:18 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
3/18/2009
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<p><strong>Luwei (Rose) Luqiu</strong>, a 2007 Harvard Nieman Fellow, is an executive news editor of Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television. She is known for being fearless in her pursuit of news, often traveling into the heart of war zones. Luqiu was the first Chinese journalist to enter Baghdad in 2003 to report the war in Iraq.</p>
<p>Luqiu won the "Reporter of The Year" award presented by Sohu for her outstanding coverage of the Iraq war and was recognized as one of the "Most Influential Chinese women" by <em>China Women Magazine</em> in 2003. She was also mentioned in the Chinese edition of <em>Forbes</em>: "China's Top 100 Celebrity Chart" in 2004. Her blogs in Chinese can be found at the Sina and Phoenix TV Web sites.</p>
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Executive News Editor, Phoenix Satellite Television
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Media
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Shenzhen
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China
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China
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Li Cheng
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:16 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
10/30/2008
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<p><strong>Li Cheng </strong>is director of research and a senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Dr. Li is also a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Dr. Li grew up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution. In 1985 he came to the United States, where he received an MA in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Princeton University. From 1993 to 1995, Dr. Li worked in China as a fellow with the U.S.-based Institute of Current World Affairs, observing grassroots changes in his native country and interviewing political and business leaders as well as people from all walks of life. Based on this experience, he published a nationally acclaimed book, <em>Rediscovering China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform</em> (1997).</p>
<p>Dr. Li is also the author or editor of <em>China’s Leaders: The New Generation</em> (2001), <em>Bridging Minds Across the Pacific: The Sino-U.S. Educational Exchange 1978-2003</em> (2005), <em>China’s Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy</em> (2008), and <em>China’s Emerging Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation</em> (forthcoming 2010).</p>
<p>Before joining Brookings in 2006, Dr. Li was the William R. Kenan professor of government at Hamilton College, where he had taught since 1991. </p>
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Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
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Academics
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The Americas
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Jiang Jianjun
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:16 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
6/5/2008
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<p><strong>Jiang Jianjun</strong> was born in Mianzhu, Sichuan Province in 1968. She began working in 1985 and in 1990 she joined the Communist Party. Jiang became mayor of the city of Guanghan in Sichuan Province in 2002 and is currently in her second term. She also serves as the vice party secretary of Guanghan.</p>
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Mayor, Guanghan, Sichuan Province
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Government
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China
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James McGregor
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:16 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
05/30/2008
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<p><strong>James McGregor</strong> is the founder, chairman and CEO of James McGregor Inc., a China-focused advisory firm. A Mandarin speaker, he is a journalist-turned-businessman who has lived in China for more than 20 years and the author of the book <em>One Billion Customers: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China</em>, a widely-acclaimed best-seller published by Simon & Schuster. Previously, McGregor founded and served as CEO of the China equity research firm JL McGregor & Company. Before researching and writing the book, McGregor was a partner and the China managing director for GIV Venture Partners, a $140 million venture capital fund specializing in technology investments in China and India. McGregor was also a pioneer of the Chinese Internet, serving as an advisor to many Chinese Internet startups and as an early investor and board member of Sohu.com during the company's July 2000 NASDAQ listing. McGregor's interest in Asia began at age 18 when he served as an infantry soldier in Vietnam. From 1987 to 1993 McGregor served as <em>The Wall Street Journal's</em> Taiwan bureau chief and <em>The Wall Street Journal's</em> China bureau chief. From 1993 to 2000, McGregor was chief executive of Dow Jones & Co. in China, and a vice-president in the Dow Jones International Group. </p>
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Chairman and CEO, James McGregor Inc.
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Business
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The Americas
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James Fallows
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:15 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
05/30/2008
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<p><strong>James Fallows</strong> is national correspondent for <em>The Atlantic</em>. He has worked for the magazine for more than 25 years, based in Washington DC, Seattle, Berkeley, Austin, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Beijing. He was raised in Redlands, California, received his undergraduate degree in American History and Literature from Harvard, and received a graduate degree in economics from Oxford. In addition to working for <em>T</em><em>he Atlantic</em>, he has spent two years as chief White House speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, two years as the editor of <em>US News & World Report</em>, and six months as a program designer at Microsoft. He is an instrument-rated private pilot.</p>
<p>Fallows has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award five times and has won once. He has also won the American Book Award for nonfiction. Since the creation of the New America Foundation in 1999 he has been chairman of its board. His book, <em>Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China</em> appeared in January 2009.</p>
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National Correspondent, The Atlantic
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Media
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The Americas
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Jack Ma
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:15 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
03/12/2009
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<p><strong>Jack Ma </strong>is the founder of Alibaba Group and has been the chairman and chief executive officer since its inception in 1999. Ma is a pioneer in the Chinese internet industry and in 1995 founded China Pages, widely believed to be China's first Internet-based company. From 1998 to 1999, Ma headed an information technology company established by the China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC), a department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC). Ma currently serves on the board of SOFTBANK Corp, a leading digital information company that is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As a respected business leader, he was chosen by the World Economic Forum as a "Young Global Leader" in 2001, and selected by China Central Television (CCTV) and its viewers as one of the "Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year" in 2004. He was also named one of the "25 Most Powerful Businesspeople in Asia" by Fortune magazine in 2005, a "Businessperson of the Year" by BusinessWeek magazine in 2007, one of the 30 "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's in 2008, and one of the “TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential People” by TIME magazine in 2009. Ma is a member of APEC Business Advisory Council, which was established by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, in 1995 as the vehicle for formalizing private sector participation in APEC. Ma holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute.</p>
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Lead Founder, Alibaba Group
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Business
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China
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Isaac Mao
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:15 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
6/6/2008
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<p><b><span>Isaac Mao</span></b><span> (Mao Xianghui) is a software architect, entrepreneur and social technology researcher. One of China's early bloggers, he co-founded CNBlog.org in 2002 to evangelize grassroots publishing in China. He organized the first Social Software Forum in China and is the co-chair of the Chinese Blogger Conference. He also led the team that developed Creative Commons China, which is part of the Creative Commons, co-founded by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig to expand the range of creative work available to share. Mao earned his BS in Computer Science and his MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University. Previously he was the chief architect of the Intel Shanghai Lab. Visit his website at </span><a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/"><span>http://www.isaacmao.com</span></a><span>.</span></p>
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Co-chair, Chinese Blogger Conference
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Civil Society
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China
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Hu Shuli
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:15 — andrewsmeallInterview Date:
05/28/2009
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<p><strong>Hu Shuli</strong> was born into a family of prominent journalists and publishers. During the Cultural Revolution, however, her family fell out of political favor, and while in her mid-teens Hu, along with her parents, was sent to work in the countryside. She joined the army in 1970, and after the Cultural Revolution ended, she gained entrance to China's Renmin University in Beijing. After graduating with a degree in journalism, Hu worked as a reporter for the <em>Worker’s Daily</em>. She was awarded a World Press Institute fellowship in 1987 that allowed her to study at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Returning to China, she participated in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations of 1989. She later joined the staff of the <em>China Business Times</em>, becoming chief of the newspaper’s international desk in 1995. With the financial backing of a group of US-educated Chinese businessmen, Hu launched <em>Caijing</em> in 1998. Under her editorial guidance, <em>Caijing</em> quickly became known for its hard-hitting journalism. Frequently referred to as “the most dangerous woman in China” because of her emphasis on aggressive investigative reporting, she consistently pushed the limits of press freedom in her country, publishing articles that ranged from exposés of bribery and deceitful business practices to well-researched critiques of government policy. Since leaving <em>Caijing</em> in 2009, Hu has joined the faculty of the School of Mass Communication and Design at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou and started two new publications, <em>China Reform</em> and <em>Century Weekly.</em></p>
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Dean, Zhongshan University
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Media
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China
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