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91Èȱ¬ Chinese co-hosts a media freedom in China debate in UK
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91Èȱ¬ Chinese has teamed up with POLIS, the joint London School of
Economics (LSE) and London College of Communication Journalism and
Society Institute, to co-host a debate discussing media freedom in
China.
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The Media Freedom Forum will be held at the LSE in London on Monday 26
November 2007 at 8.00pm.
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Chinese students studying at the LSE and
other London colleges will make up the audience and the debate will be
broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Chinese radio and webcast on bbcchinese.com.
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The 60-minute forum will discuss what freedom of media
means including whether there should be any boundaries or limits on the
media, the impact of new technology on media freedom and possible
changes over the next decade.
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On the panel will be Duncan Hewitt,
former 91Èȱ¬ Chinese correspondent; Lifen Zhang, Editor of the Financial
Times online site FTChinese.com; and Bingchun Meng, Media and Communications Lecturer at the LSE.
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Lorna Ball, Head of 91Èȱ¬ Chinese, said: "We are very pleased to be co-hosting this special radio debate with POLIS and students at the LSE.
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"They are the future of media which is why it is important to give them
the platform to express what role freedom of media, speech and
expression plays in their lives.
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"I am confident the students, and
audiences across the world, will benefit from discussing both the local
and international perspectives on the issue and the opportunity to
interact with experts from China and abroad."
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Charlie Beckett, Head of POLIS at the LSE, said: "POLIS is concerned with
global media issues and delighted students will have the opportunity
to explore the media specifically in China and its impact on society.
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"We are also proud to be associated with the world's leading
international radio broadcaster and hope this will be the beginning of
future cooperations."
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The Media Freedom Forum is part of 91Èȱ¬ World Service's 75th anniversary
Freedom To Speak season of programmes starting on Sunday 9 December.
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Further information is available online at
bbcworldservice.com/freetospeak.
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Notes to Editors
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 91Èȱ¬ Chinese can be heard in Mandarin on FM in more than 20 cities in
China and on shortwave across the Asia Pacific for four hours each day.Ìý
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Cantonese programming is also re-broadcast in Hong Kong.Ìý English
language broadcasts on shortwave 24 hours a day.
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The 24/7 site
bbcchinese.com provides Chinese news and information to Chinese
audiences across the world with in-depth analysis of global events and
an English learning micro site, bbcchina.com.cn.Ìý
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POLIS is the joint London School of Economics (LSE) and the London
College of Communication Journalism and Society Institute, aimed at
working journalists, people in public life and students in the UK and
around the world.
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POLIS is the place where journalists and the wider
world can examine and discuss the media and its impact on society.
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Further information is available online at www.lse.ac.uk/polis.
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91Èȱ¬ World Service information is in World Service Key Facts. Ìý
91Èȱ¬ World Service Publicity
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