Xiao Qiang UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Xiao Qiang 萧强 is the Tang Teaching Fellow and the Director of Berkeley China Internet Project at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. A theoretical physicist by training, Xiao Qiang studied physics 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 Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Xiao was former Executive Director of Human Rights in China (1991 - 2002). He is also vice-chairman of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy, and a weekly commentator for Radio Free Asia. 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. Xiao is currently teaching classes on participatory media, China and human rights; researching the intersection of technology, media and China's democratic transition; and running the China Digital Times weblog to explore how emerging information and communication technologies can advance the world's understanding of China. He is also the author of a personal bilingual weblog: Rock-n-Go 岩棋志. |