U.S./China briefing info for media
August 7, 2008 | 6:48 PMKevin Roderick
UCLA's Asian American Studies Center has put together an informative U.S./China Media Brief as a one-stop educational service for journalists, educators and the public.
Here are some of the features:
- 101 pages of written content, statistics, and expert viewpoints, intended to provide media with quick access to background information on U.S.-China relations and issues.
- Experts Exchange that gathers leading national and international experts in law, political theory, media, economics and trade, U.S.-China relations, human rights issues, global politics, environmental issues, literature and culture.
- Beijing Olympics 12-page special print edition available for downloading in PDF form.
- Economy, Trade, Environment, Human and Legal Rights, presented and explained in a succinct balanced format.
- U.S.-China Relations Timeline that covers 200 years of U.S.-China relations from 1784 to 2008, and includes a list of 50 events in which China, the U.S., and Chinese Americans are interlinked culturally, politically, and economically.
- China's eco-cities, the United Nations Human Rights Covenants, and a behind-the-scenes look at the real trade balance between the U.S. and China.
- "Hot button" issues: media and internet, product safety, labor and trade.
- Eight things to know about the Chinese Internet.
The New York Times Olympics blog called the U.S./China Media Brief "a handy guide for anyone to eruse...Perhaps most useful is the brief's concise explanation of the Sino-American argument over human rights."
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