Chat with the Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times

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• [15:41 April 27 2009]
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Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times

Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times, will have an online discussion on Huanqiu.com on April 28 at 2 pm.

The launch of a foreign-look newspaper grabbed the attention of China and the world on April 20. It is the Global Times English edition. AFP said that "as papers in the West struggle to survive", "China's second national English-language daily newspaper hit the streets on Monday". It also reported that the paper's launch is part of the expansion of the Chinese media, and China is looking for more ways to have its views presented around the world. Britain's Financial Times said that the launch of the paper is "a test case for whether Chinese media can win the trust of a foreign audience."

A netizen named "Sashimi" said that it is important for the Global Times English edition to position itself as a channel for the voices of common people. Last year was one filled with a number of extraordinary events that ordinary Chinese found it particularly important for the world to hear them. Another anonymous netizen commented that China should broadcast its own voice to the world, especially the true Chinese voice, and help more foreigners understand the peaceful rise of China and its growing openness.
 
Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times will be online at huanqiu.com on April 28 at 2 pm. Netizens are welcome to ask questions, give suggestions or comments about the Global Times English edition and the Global Times as a whole.

Background on Hu Xijin:

Hu Xijin has had an illustrious career in journalism. After receiving a Masters degree in Russian Literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1989, Hu began working at the International Department of People's Daily.

From 1993 to 1996, he was a foreign correspondent in the former Yugoslavia and reported the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He later wrote about his war-time experiences in his book, Interview Journal of Bosnia-Herzegovina in War.

In 1999, he was named "China's Outstanding Youth in International Liaison". Four years later in 2003, he was sent to report on the Iraq War.

He was deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times Chinese edition from 1996 to 2005, and became Editor-in-Chief a year later.

Air Time: 2 pm on April 28, 2009

The online studio will open at 1 pm on April 28, one hour prior to the live online chat.