Title: Their Unique War on Terrorism
Lecturer: Cheung (Hong Kong Based Veteran Journalist)
Chairperson: LV Xinyu (Professor of Cornell-ECNU Center for Comparative Humanities)
Date: 1 pm, May 24th, 2016 (Tuesday)
Venue: Room 5103, Building of School of Humanities, Minhang Campus, ECNU
Sponsor: Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, ECNU
Abstract of the Lecture:
Terrorism is seen as one of the biggest challenges in the 21st century. Cheung Chui Yung has visited several terrorist groups in the eyes of the west such as Hisbollah, Hamas and The Islamic Jihad etc, with the hope to deconstruct terrorism and its picture as well as its root behind the scene. At the same time, Cheung has also witnessed the other war on terrorism, which comes from the global civil society but without weapons and not motivated by hatred. Although western media may be more interested in the big power war game on terrorism, yet the effectiveness of the civil society anti- terrorism movement cannot be ignored. Cheung is bringing their stories to the campus to let us rethink the implication of war and peace in our society today.
Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:
Cheung is a Hong Kong based veteran journalist, having worked for BBC World Service, Inter Press Service, Hong Kong Economic Times, Hong Kong DBC Radio，and Modern Media. She is now writing for several newspapers, magazines and news websites in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Mainland. She is also a regular commentator on international affairs for radio and TV. Since the year of 1999, Cheung has worked as an independent journalist focusing on international affairs. With limited resources, she has been to the middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Balkans, central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia in search of an alternative road for journalism. In her professional career more than 20 years, she has managed to get exclusive interviews with world leaders which include Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, founding President of East Timor Xanana Cusmao, and Prince of Cambodia Norodom Ranariddh. Cheung is the author of five books based on her past reporting experiences. The latest book is on European debt crisis and Arab Spring. She has obtained Human rights Reporting Award, the top ten best book of the Year from China Times, Taiwan (2006), Hong Kong Book Award (2009). Cheung was educated both in London and Hong Kong with M.phil in Sociology.