Covering China：The Challenges of Reporting on the Rise of a Superpower

Monday, Jan 23, 2017
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA School of Law
Room 1420

Talk by Edward Wong, Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times

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In discussion with:
Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Chancellor’s Professor of History, UC Irvine and
author of China in the 21st Century：What Everyone Needs to Know

Prof. Ching Kwan Lee
Professor of Sociology, UCLA

Moderated by:
Prof. Alex L. Wang
UCLA School of Law

Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with Edward Wong, Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times. Mr. Wong will talk about topics he has covered since 2008, including Chinese politics, foreign policy, propaganda, the environment, human rights, ethnic conflict, and the art of reporting in the age of Xi Jinping. He will be joined by leading scholars of China for a conversation on where China is headed in the coming years, at home and on the international stage.

Edward Wong is the Beijing Bureau Chief of The New York Times. He has been a main writer on three in-depth series on China：the nation’s expanding global influence, cultural production and censorship, and the 2012 Communist Party leadership transition. This year, he is working on a global series about climate change refugees. In more than 17 years at the Times, Edward has reported across the Middle East and Asia, including in Afghanistan, North Korea and Myanmar. Before his China assignment, he worked as a correspondent in the Baghdad bureau, where he covered the Iraq War from 2003 to 2007. He reported for four years in New York, on the business, metro and sports desks. Edward has spoken on the Charlie Rose Show, PBS NewsHour, NPR, BBC and CBC.

Sponsors：Burkle Center for International Relations, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA Law