Watch the talk: William Lindesay is an authoritative voice on Great Wall conservation issues. Described by the World Monuments Fund as “the world’s leading advocate for the Great Wall’s protection,” the UK native is a prolific author and speaker, and a frequent media commentator and contributor. Lindesay studied geography and geology at Liverpool University and in 1987 made what China’s official news agency described as “the most successful foreign exploration...
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Tan Le co-founded and ran SASme and in 2003 co-founded Emotiv Systems, Inc. She helped grow SASme from its humble beginnings to a thriving company with 35 employees and multiple locations worldwide. She served as Director of Emotiv Systems, Inc and has also worked with one of Australia’s leading law firms, Freehills. She was a Special Visitor to the United Kingdom as a guest of the British High Commission and...
Read MoreAbout Yong Zhao Yong Zhao is currently Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global Education, College of Education at the University of Oregon, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE). He is a fellow of the International Academy for Education. Until December, 2010, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University (MSU), where he also...
Read MoreLijia Zhang is a factory-worker turned writer, journalist and talk-show host. Her articles have appeared in many international publications, including South China Morning Post, Japan Times, The Observer, Newsweek, Asian Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. She is the co-author of China Remembers. Her memoir “Socialism Is Great!” about her decade-long experience working at a rocket factory in Nanjing in the ’80s, was first published in the US...
Read MoreJeremy Goldkorn founded the popular China media website Danwei.org, and acts as editor and publisher. The site has tracked the changes in China’s media and Internet on a daily basis since 2003. Danwei also produces custom research reports about media, Internet and communications in China for corporate clients, and are research affiliates of the Centre on China in the World at Australia Nation University. According to The London Review of...
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