Xiguang Li had his B.A. in English and American Language and Literature from Nanjing University in 1982. He was an assistant research scientist with the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science (1982-1985). He had his Master of Law in English journalism from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was director and senior editor with the political and cultural desk of the world service department of Xinhua News agency (1988-1998), UNESCO Young Scholar of Silk Roads (1990-1993), a Science writer with the Washington Post (1995), Shorenstein Fellow of the Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy of Harvard University (1999), Visiting Scholar of New College of Oxford University (2018).
Great Sound Makes No Noise — Creeping Freedoms in Chinese Press
January 1, 2000
A paper by Xiguang Li, spring 1999 fellow, argues that along with a free market economy, China has begun to embrace a new kind of journalism, even if it has not necessarily been a planned part of China’s reform. Although not approaching an American level of press freedom, this new media landscape is functioning as
