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Michael Anti Biography

Journalist

Michael Anti, also known as Hu Jia, was born in Shanghai, China in 1975. He is a renowned journalist known for his unique perspective and incisive commentary in the Chinese media, focusing on international news and China's social transformation.

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“China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.”

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“Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.”

“One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media.”

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“Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.”

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“[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.”

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“More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.”

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“Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool, so is the absence of censorship.”

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Born: 1975
Known for: Journalist
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