2017

2017 Nov 16

Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism

12:00pm to 1:10pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Cambridge MA 02138

Join us for a discussion with Maria Repnikova, Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State University and author of, "Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism." Ash Center Director Tony Saich will moderate. 

Lunch will be provided. 

This event is cosponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy 

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