Chinese blogger and social entrepreneur, Isaac Mao is visiting Auckland for 24 hours as part of whirlwind tour of NZ journalism schools. The trip is sponsored by Asia New Zealand Foundation. The Auckland leg is being hosted by the Centre for Journalism, Media & Democracy at AUT.
Isaac is an excellent commentator on China’s netizens and issues such as the recent Green Dam proposal, the Great Firewall of China, self censorship and other social and internet related issues.
There is this August 08 article by Isaac on The Guardian website
There are two chances to hear Isaac speak about the blogosphere in China and social media in the world of Web 2.0.
- Sunday 18th October 3pm til around 5pm then adjourn to a local bar. This will be in WT tower, AUT opposite Aotea square, room WT1103.
- Monday 19th he will be talking again in WT1305 at 12 noon.
If you’d like to come to either event pls rsvp to me martin.hirst AT aut.ac.nz
Ethical Martini 