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Zhai Minglei: CNBloggercon interview

Posted by Adam J. Schokora, December 15, 2008 9:26 PM

In this interview, Zhai Minglei, a citizen journalist and blogger who previously wrote for Southern Weekly and later founded 1 Bao (壹报) and Minjian magazine (since "shut down"), talks about how he is pleasantly surprised by some developments on the Chinese Internet.

This video is the fourth in a Danwei series of short interviews conducted at this year's Chinese blogger conference (cnbloggercon 2008, Guangzhou, November 15 & 16th).

This video is also available on Tudou for faster loading in China.

Film by Adam J. Schokora
Music by Sulumi

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