---------------------------------------------------- ChinaResourceNews No. 34 (September 19, 2006) http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html ---------------------------------------------------- +++ DACHS NEWS +++ DACHS NEWS +++ DACHS NEWS New in the Digital Archive of Chinese Studies: Fifty Influential Public Intellectuals http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/volland050423.htm In fall 2004, the Guangzhou weekly _Nanfang renwu zhoukan_ published a list of fifty Chinese “public intellectuals” that triggered a major discussion in the Chinese print and online media. The debate on independent-minded intellectuals who fight for a public cause and have the courage to speak their opinion proved one of the most contentious issues discussed in the PRC in 2004 – so contentious in fact that the CCP decided, in November 2004, to end the debate by banning the media from further using the concept of “public intellectuals.” Who are these fifty individuals? What have they written, said, and done to be considered opinion leaders, capable of shaping and transforming public discourse in the PRC? Who, for example, are Mao Yushi, Gao Yaojie, and Wang Yi? Over the past year, DACHS has made an effort to find out who these fifty individuals are, what they are doing, and why they may have been nominated for the list of fifty. We have downloaded from the Internet articles written by these fifty individuals, from single essays to larger collections and entire websites, as well as other sources relating to them. The collection, which is dynamic and continues to grow, can be accessed here: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/volland050423.htm. With kind regards, Nicolai Volland DACHS content manager ____________________ With kind regards, Matthias Arnold ([log in to unmask]) ChinaResource.org http://chinaresource.org/ _______________________________________________________ To (un-)subscribe or to access the archive please go to: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html