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{{Short description|Chinese human rights activist}}
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|native_name = {{zh|s=萧强}}
|occupation = Activist
|occupation = Activist
|employer = [[University of California at Berkeley]]
|awards = [[MacArthur Fellowship|MacArthur Fellow]]
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{{family name hatnote|Xiao (蕭しょう)|lang=Chinese}}
{{family name hatnote|Xiao (蕭しょう)|lang=Chinese}}


'''Xiao Qiang''' ({{zh|c=萧强|p=Xiāo Qiáng}}, born 19 November 1961) is the Director and Research Scientist of the Counter-Power Lab, an interdisciplinary faculty-student research group focusing on digital rights and [[internet freedom]], based in the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Information|School of Information]], [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref> [http://www.macfound.org/fellows/671/ MacArthur Fellow Biography]</ref> He also serves as the director of the [[China Internet Project]] at Berkeley.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Landow |first=George P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exzQDHI8rpQC |title=Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization |date=2006 |publisher=[[JHU Press]] |isbn=978-0-8018-8256-2 |pages=323 |language=en |author-link=George Landow (professor)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shirk |first=Susan L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwWwdSofHpQC |title=China: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise |date=2007-04-16 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-804178-8 |page=90 |language=en |author-link=Susan Shirk}}</ref> Xiao is an adjunct professor at the School of Information and the [[UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism|Graduate School of Journalism]] at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of ''[[China Digital Times]]'', a bilingual news website.
'''Xiao Qiang''' ({{zh|c=萧强|p=Xiāo Qiáng}}, born November 19, 1961) is the Director and Research Scientist of the Counter-Power Lab, an interdisciplinary faculty-student research group focusing on digital rights and [[internet freedom]], based in the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Information|School of Information]], [[University of California, Berkeley]]<ref>[http://www.macfound.org/fellows/671/ MacArthur Fellow Biography]</ref> and is funded by the [[United States Department of State|US Department of State]].<ref name="icsi">{{cite web |title=Counter Power Lab |url=https://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/projects/networking/counter-power-lab |website=ISCI |publisher=International Computer Science Institute |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> He also serves as the director of the [[China Internet Project]] at Berkeley.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Landow |first=George P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exzQDHI8rpQC |title=Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization |date=2006 |publisher=[[JHU Press]] |isbn=978-0-8018-8256-2 |pages=323 |language=en |author-link=George Landow (professor)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shirk |first=Susan L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwWwdSofHpQC |title=China: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise |date=2007-04-16 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-804178-8 |page=90 |language=en |author-link=Susan Shirk}}</ref> Xiao is an adjunct professor at the School of Information and the [[UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism|Graduate School of Journalism]] at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of ''[[China Digital Times]]'', a bilingual news website.


Xiao teaches classes Digital Activism, Internet Freedom and Blogging in China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. In fall 2003, Xiao launched ''China Digital Times''<ref>"[https://chinadigitaltimes.net/space/Interview_with_Xiao_Qiang,_Editor-in-Chief_of_China_Digital_Times The "Coral Reef" Below the Ship of China’s Internet Censorship
Xiao teaches classes Digital Activism, Internet Freedom and Blogging in China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. In fall 2003, Xiao launched ''China Digital Times''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chinadigitaltimes.net/space/Interview_with_Xiao_Qiang,_Editor-in-Chief_of_China_Digital_Times |title=The "Coral Reef" Below the Ship of China's Internet Censorship Interview with Xiao Qiang |publisher=[[MATTERS]] |date= 2 March 1997|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> to explore how to apply cutting edge technologies to aggregate, contextualize and translate online information from and about China.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230530235422/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24782851.html Website chronicles China’s massive effort to control Internet content]</ref> His current research focuses on [[Censorship in China|state censorship]], [[Propaganda in China|propaganda]] and [[disinformation]], as well as [[mass surveillance in China]].<ref>Qiang, Xiao. "[https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-road-to-digital-unfreedom-president-xis-surveillance-state/ The Road to Digital Unfreedom:The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State.]" ''[[Journal of Democracy]]'', no. 1 (2019): 53-67.</ref>
Interview with Xiao Qiang]"</ref> to explore how to apply cutting edge technologies to aggregate, contextualize and translate online information from and about China.<ref>[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/04/09/262656/website-chronicles-chinas-massive.html Website chronicles China’s massive effort to control Internet content]</ref> His current research focuses on [[Censorship in China|state censorship]], [[Propaganda in China|propaganda]] and [[disinformation]], as well as [[mass surveillance in China]].<ref>Qiang, Xiao. "[https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-road-to-digital-unfreedom-president-xis-surveillance-state/ The Road to Digital Unfreedom:The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State.]" ''[[Journal of Democracy]]'', no. 1 (2019): 53-67.</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
A theoretical physicist by training, he studied at the [[University of Science and Technology of China]] and entered the PhD program (1986–1989) in Astrophysics at the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He became a full-time [[human rights activist]] after the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/interviews/xiao.html |title=Interviews - Xiao Qiang &#124; The Tank Man &#124; FRONTLINE |publisher=[[PBS]] |date= 11 April 2006|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> Xiao was the executive director of the [[New York City|New York]]-based organization [[Human Rights in China (organization)|Human Rights in China]] from 1991 to 2002 and vice-chairman of the steering committee of the [[World Movement for Democracy]].
A theoretical physicist by training, he studied at the [[University of Science and Technology of China]] and entered the PhD program (1986–1989) in Astrophysics at the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He became a full-time [[human rights activist]] after the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/human-rights-in-china-become-a-major-influence-in-america-s-policy-on-1.376539 |title=Champion of Democracy |publisher=[[Newsday]] |date= 2 March 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815061238/https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/human-rights-in-china-become-a-major-influence-in-america-s-policy-on-1.376539 |access-date=2017-02-14|archive-date=August 15, 2020 }}</ref> Xiao was the executive director of the [[New York City|New York]]-based organization [[Human Rights in China (organization)|Human Rights in China]] from 1991 to 2002 and vice chairman of the steering committee of the [[World Movement for Democracy]].


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==
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Revision as of 11:55, 7 April 2024

Xiao Qiang
Chinese: 萧强
Born (1961-11-19) November 19, 1961 (age 62)
China
OccupationActivist
EmployerUniversity of California at Berkeley
AwardsMacArthur Fellow
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiao (蕭しょう).

Xiao Qiang (Chinese: 萧强; pinyin: Xiāo Qiáng, born November 19, 1961) is the Director and Research Scientist of the Counter-Power Lab, an interdisciplinary faculty-student research group focusing on digital rights and internet freedom, based in the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley[1] and is funded by the US Department of State.[2] He also serves as the director of the China Internet Project at Berkeley.[3][4] Xiao is an adjunct professor at the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual news website.

Xiao teaches classes Digital Activism, Internet Freedom and Blogging in China at both the School of Information and the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. In fall 2003, Xiao launched China Digital Times[5] to explore how to apply cutting edge technologies to aggregate, contextualize and translate online information from and about China.[6] His current research focuses on state censorship, propaganda and disinformation, as well as mass surveillance in China.[7]

Biography

A theoretical physicist by training, he studied at the University of Science and Technology of China and entered the PhD program (1986–1989) in Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame. He became a full-time human rights activist after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[8] Xiao was the executive director of the New York-based organization Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice chairman of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy.

Recognition

Xiao is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, and is profiled in the book "Soul Purpose: 40 People Who Are Changing the World for the Better" (Melcher Media, 2003). He was also a visiting fellow of the Santa Fe Institute in Spring, 2002.

In January 2015, Xiao has been named to Foreign Policy magazine's Pacific Power Index, a list of "50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship." He was named on the list "for taking on China's Great Firewall of censorship."[9]

References

  1. ^ MacArthur Fellow Biography
  2. ^ "Counter Power Lab". ISCI. International Computer Science Institute. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Landow, George P. (2006). Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization. JHU Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-8018-8256-2.
  4. ^ Shirk, Susan L. (April 16, 2007). China: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-804178-8.
  5. ^ "The "Coral Reef" Below the Ship of China's Internet Censorship Interview with Xiao Qiang". MATTERS. March 2, 1997. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  6. ^ Website chronicles China’s massive effort to control Internet content
  7. ^ Qiang, Xiao. "The Road to Digital Unfreedom:The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State." Journal of Democracy, no. 1 (2019): 53-67.
  8. ^ "Champion of Democracy". Newsday. March 2, 1997. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "The Pacific Power Index". pacificpower.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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