{"58838":{"#nid":"58838","#data":{"type":"event","title":"CISTP Lecture featuring Mr. Nick Young","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)invite you to a CISTP lecture series and luncheon featuring \u003Cstrong\u003EMr. Nick Young\u003C\/strong\u003E, Freelance Writer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECivic Activism and the Chinese State: My experience as a reporter in Beijing\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis program is generously supported by The Nunn School, China Research Center, and CISTP.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENicholas Young, a British citizen, was born in Zambia in 1956 and educated in the United Kingdom. He studied philosophy at the University of Stirling and Kings College, University of London.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1986 to 1990, Young lived in Central America as a freelance writer and journalist. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a freelance writer and researcher in the UK, concentrating on issues in environment and development and was a stringer for the Financial Times, as well as a regular contributor to BBC World Service, The Economist and Economist Intelligence Unit, and Africa Confidential.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1994, Young has lived in Hong Kong and China, where he founded Chinabrief (originally called China Development Briefing), a specialist journal published monthly in English, bi-monthly in Chinese reporting on international development aid to China, with particular emphasis on non-government organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, his monthly publication was closed down by the Chinese government and he was barred from re-entering China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudent Success Center (Press Room)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(located next to Tech Tower and directly adjacent to the west side of the Bobby Dodd stadium)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReservation requested by Tuesday, April 1st; lunch will be served for the preregistered.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor assistance, please contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:angela.levin@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E at 404-894-3199.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) invite you to a CISTP lecture series and luncheon featuring freelance writer Nick Young.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Civic Activism and the Chinese State: My Experience as a Reporter"}],"uid":"1","created_gmt":"2010-06-21 16:35:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:48:35","author":"Jupiter","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2008-04-04T12:45:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2008-04-04T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2008-04-04T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2008-04-04 16:45:00","gmt_time_end":"2008-04-04 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2008-04-04 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/","title":"CISTP"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2357","name":"activism"},{"id":"3100","name":"Beijing"},{"id":"3786","name":"chinese"},{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"1188","name":"International Affairs"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"},{"id":"167257","name":"strategy"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"},{"id":"3785","name":"writer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECISTP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=al101\u0022\u003EContact Angela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3199\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}