Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom

In the next few days, starting Friday, April 18, Interesting Times will offer a comprehensive coverage of the activities of the "Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom" conference taking place in Paris.

We will feature speeches and presentations by some of the world's most relevant experts on the press freedom situation in China, including the following:

*Oystein Alme, Director of Voice of Tibet
*Robert O. Boorstin, Director of Google's Corporate and Policy Communications
*Fan Ho Tsai, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association
*Gao Yu, first laureate of UNESCO's Annual World Press Freedom Prize
*Sharon Hom, Executive Director of Human Rights in China
*Robert Menard, Secretary General of Reporters without Borders
*Watson Meng, Founding Editor of Boxun News
*Alain Wang, Editor of Asia Magazine
*Jon Williams, BBC News's World News Editor
*Richard Windfield, Chairman of the World Press Freedom Committee
*Yu Zhang, Coordinator of the Independent Chinese PEN Center

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