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SUMMARY:The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chin
 ese Internet
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DESCRIPTION:In The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on t
 he Chinese Internet\, writer Yi-Ling Liu tells the story of the Chinese in
 ternet\, and what it reveals of the intricate dance between freedom and co
 ntrol in contemporary China. This story begins in the late 1990s\, as Chin
 ese authorities began constructing the 'Great Firewall' that would censor 
 and surveil unwanted content online. Yet behind the wall\, China's online 
 space evolved into a world with new subcultures\, communities and innovati
 ons\, offering citizens previously unimaginable connection and opportunity
 .\n\nIn this talk\, Yi-Ling will talk about this transformational chapter 
 of China’s modern history\, and the individuals who shaped it\, from its
  entrepreneurs to artists to activists. She will also discuss what the res
 t of the world can learn from them about what it means to live with dignit
 y and hope within the technological systems that now shape all our lives.\
 n\nYi-Ling Liu is a writer and editor covering Chinese society and technol
 ogy. Her work has been published in The New Yorker\, Harper's\, and WIRED\
 , and she is the author of The Wall Dancers. Liu was the China Editor at R
 est of World and a recipient of the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
 . She is currently based in London as a journalist-in-residence at the Tar
 bell Center for AI Journalism.
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LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building\, Oxford China Centre - Kin-ku Cheng Lectur
 e Theatre (lower ground floor)\, Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower groun
 d floor) Dickson Poon Building Canterbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6LU 
 United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Yi-Ling Liu
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