Philip Pan: Struggling for the Soul of a New China

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Partner:: World Affairs Council: Nor Cal
Location:: World Affairs Council of Northern California
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 06.25.08
Speaker:: Philip Pan
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Summary: While capitalism has brought prosperity to China, to what extent have the country’s citizens pushed for greater political freedom? How have ideology and values been tested by the booming economy and the rush to get rich?

Award-winning journalist and author of Out of Mao’s Shadow, Philip Pan joins the Council to tell the story of Chinese people pressing for political change in a nation undergoing a remarkable transformation.

A foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and the newspaper's former Beijing bureau chief, he has won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in international reporting, the Overseas Press Club's Bob Considine Award for best newspaper interpretation of international affairs, and the Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia - World Affairs Council of Northern California

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Philip Pan

Philip P. Pan is a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post and the newspaper's former Beijing bureau chief. During his tour in China from 2000 to 2007 he won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in international reporting, the Overseas Press Club's Bob Considine Award for best newspaper interpretation of international affairs, and the Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia. Pan is a graduate of Harvard College and studied Chinese at Peking University. He lives with his wife and son in New York and will begin a new assignment for the Post in Moscow in 2008.

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01 hr 01 min 28 sec

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01.: Moderator Introduction

01 min 33 sec

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02.: Philip Pan Opening

03 min 11 sec

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03.: China Reinvented

01 min 33 sec

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04.: Struggle for the Control of History

01 min 57 sec

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05.: The Public Funeral of Zhao Ziyang

02 min 27 sec

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06.: Refusing to Forget

05 min 12 sec

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07.: Merging Capitalism and Authoritarianism

01 min 20 sec

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08.: Private Entrepreneurs

01 min 39 sec

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09.: Freedom of the Press Trial: Zhang Xide

03 min 00 sec

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10.: Individuals Fighting for Change

00 min 13 sec

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11.: Doctor Jiang Yanyong: Exposed SARS Cover-up

02 min 02 sec

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12.: Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang

02 min 37 sec

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13.: Challenges of Working in China

01 min 39 sec

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14.: China's Blind Activist

03 min 11 sec

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15.: Note on Political Change

01 min 01 sec

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16.: Q & A

00 min 24 sec

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17.: Q1: Prediction for Change

03 min 03 sec

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18.: Q2: Follow Up on Individuals

02 min 38 sec

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19.: Q3: Opposition to the Party

01 min 55 sec

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20.: Q4: Media Performance

01 min 48 sec

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21.: Q5: Earthquake Coverage / Olympics

02 min 33 sec

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22.: Q6: Economic Boom

03 min 03 sec

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23.: Q7: Becoming a Party Member

00 min 48 sec

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24.: Q8: Urban / Rural Divide

00 min 57 sec

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25.: Q9: One Child Policy

02 min 23 sec

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26.: Q10: Role for Chinese Americans

01 min 04 sec

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27.: Q11: Foreign Affairs

02 min 59 sec

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28.: Q12: Changes from 2000-2008

02 min 34 sec

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29.: Q13: Olympics Coverage

02 min 21 sec

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Philip Pan on Artists Victimized by China

05 min 31 sec

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Philip Pan on Freedom of the Press in China

03 min 29 sec

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Philip Pan on the Imprisonment of a Blind Farmer in China

03 min 39 sec

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