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PSU Confucius Institute presents

Lecture: "Reporting on China"
by Dr. Bruce Gilley

An explosion of Internet information and a liberalizing media climate have created many new opportunities and resources for reporters in China. Domestic journalists and foreign correspondents alike are increasingly able to cover key stories, talk to key people, and get the key facts. But obstacles and threats remain. Dr. Gilley will discuss how things have and have not changed for reporters in China and advise aspiring journalists how to get into the China field.

About Bruce Gilley

Bruce Gilley was a contributing editor of Far Eastern Economic Review and lived in China and Hong Kong for more than a decade. He is the author of Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China´s New Elite (1998), Model Rebels: The Rise and Fall of China´s Richest Village (2001), with Andrew J. Nathan, China´s New Rulers: The Secret Files (2002), China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead (2004), with Edward Friedman, Asia's Giants: Comparing China and India (2008), with Larry J. Diamond, Political change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan (2008), and The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy (2009).

Dr. Gilley earned his B.A. in International Relations at the Universityof Toronto. He went on to finish his M.Phil. in Economics at the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Portland State University.

Dr. Gilley is a frequent advisor to governments and NGOs on matters of democracy and human rights in Asia. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy and as a programme evaluator for Radio Free Asia's Mandarin Service.