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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Blogging in China on "Dialogue"

6:10 PM

I am delighted to announce that WOW will be featured on a "Dialogue" segment about Blogging in China tomorrow, June 10th. "Dialogue," CCTV International's most popular program worldwide, airs 4 times a day: 7:30 A.M., 1:30 P.M., 7:30 P.M., and then again at 1:30 A.M. Of course, program scheduling is subject to last minute change for any number of reasons, usually breaking world news.

I apologize for the short notice; the episode was in development for some time and only very recently given an airdate. Most of the show was taped many weeks ago, about an hour of discussion on Blogging in China between me, an executive from BlogChina and Fei Fei, one of CCTV Channel 9's most beloved personalities. Roger Ren, a caring, meticulous, talented young producer then put a lot of work into postproduction.

Yesterday, he and his crew came to BFSU to shoot the students working on WOW in class, and interviewed two of WOW's main editors. He will work a little digital magic back at CCTV, mixing a dollop of B-roll here, a dollop of sound bite there, and a chunk of a couple or three talking heads--one of them very old and crusty--dropped in generously to fill.

We hope you can catch it, and perhaps enjoy it. At least my detractors get another shot at cursing this face wherever they are. CTTV International is beamed all over the world. Its audience numbers are truly astronomical.

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6 Comments:

Hi.

I watched it and was impressed. I only arrived in Shanghai some weeks ago and wonder if the wow-site is really not monitored in any respect by Chinese authorities. I had a short glimpse at the site and the themes seemed to be rather critical, but I still wonder about, as we are in China, still...

Regards, Jan

By Jan, at 8:50 PM

yes, I to find it interesting that your blog is up while so many others are blocked...I resented that other guest's "definition of a blog" Who does she think she is to start to give a 3 point "textbook" definition of something as wild and free as blogs

-liza

By Anonymous, at 9:25 PM

hi, prof. bosco,
i'm a student and like jan, arrived to shanghai some months ago.
watched Dialogue yesterday and it was very interesting.
never know blogging has become soooooo popular in china!

la babillarde

By Anonymous, at 6:47 PM

Jan, Liza and la babillarde,

Thank you for your kind words regarding WOW. I and the students greatly appreciate you stopping in and taking the time to leave a comment.

As to why we are not censored--frankly, I don't have a clue. It's just happening, that's all I know.

All the best,

Joseph

By Joseph, at 1:43 PM

Prof Joseph, by the way, just wonder if it's possible to give me the contacts of Miss Liu Fei Fei, or Christina Lau, as we know her outside, want to search her for some discussions and since you've met her several times, I think you might get her details? would appreciate if you could let me know. Do drop a line in my mailbox. A million thanks
La Babillarde

By La Babillarde, at 1:09 AM

Dear La Babillarde,

I cannot make the web address you left on your comment work. If you will look in the upper right hand corner of this site you will see an "E-mail Joseph Bosco" button. Try that and I can then connect you with the party in question.

Sincerely,

Joseph Bosco

By Joseph, at 12:51 PM