China's "Soft Prohibition"

Officially, Mr. Chen, one of the China's most high-profile human rights defenders, is a free man. Unofficially, he has become a prisoner in his own home.
Produced by Jeff DelViscio for the NY Times.

Sheryl WuDunn: Our Century's Greatest Injustice

The University of Akron's Confucius Institute will once again sponsor a China Week on campus from October 10th to 14th, 2011. I've been asked to be a co-chair with Dr. Young Lin or the China Week Committee. My hope is that we can get some speakers with a real knowledge of China and an understanding of the current global situation, so of course my first choice is either Sheryl WuDunn or Nicholas Kristof, coauthors of Half The Sky.

Here's why I love WuDunn:



Here's what I love about Kristof: http://www.reporterfilm.com/
And this too:



What do you think? Who would you rather come see at UA?