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Chinese Internet portal Sina launches English site
- 2008-05-19
BEIJING AFP — Leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com has launched an English news site, amid intense global interest in China following last week's earthquake tragedy. "We have chosen to launch our English news site now as we would like to provide up-to-minute coverage of the earthquake for overseas people...
China promotes website attacking Western media
- 2008-04-04
BEIJING AFP — More than a million people have "signed up" to a website petition being promoted by one of China's biggest Internet portals to criticise Western media "bias" in covering the Tibetan unrest. The petition on Sina.com has attracted 1.19 million signatures, most of them from within China,...
Chinese official resigns after dozing off at speech
- 2008-02-23
BEIJING AFP — An official in southwest China has resigned from his post after he was caught falling asleep on the job, but he has gotten some support for his plight from cyberspace, state media reported Saturday. Jiang Wenhui stepped down as deputy director of the Chenggong County Investment...
Chinese basketball chiefs mixed on Milwaukee's choice of Yi
- 2007-06-29
BEIJING AFP — Chinese basketball officials gave a mixed reaction on Friday to the Milwaukee Bucks selecting Yi Jianlian as the number six pick in the NBA draft, insisting he must get on court playing time. "I believe that this is a very good outcome," the sports website of...
Yi slams Yao's China dunk record
- 2007-01-18
BEIJING AFP — Rising star Yi Jianlian has broken NBA centre Yao Ming's record for the most slam dunks by a Chinese player in the China Basketball Association, a local sports website said. Yi, 19, who plays for the league champion Guangdong Tigers, surpassed Yao's CBA record of 302 dunks...
Chelsea to launch Chinese website
- 2006-11-28
LONDON AFP — English Premiership champions Chelsea has announced that they will launch a new Chinese language website next year as they look to expand their marketing in Asia. The London-based club have signed a deal with China's biggest internet service, SINA.com, which has more than 40 million hits a...
PSV bid for Chinese goalkeeper
- 2006-11-07
BEIJING AFP — Dutch club PSV Eindhoven are preparing a one million dollar bid for Shanghai United's 17-year-old goalkeeper Wang Dalei, according to media reports. Chinese Internet portal Sina.com said the Chinese Super League club had confirmed PSV's interest in the teenager who has also caught the eye of other...
China unblocks search engines of popular Chinese portals
- 2006-06-20
BEIJING AFP — The search engines of two of China's most popular web portals were back in operation Wednesday after they were upgraded to censor Internet content more effectively. On Monday authorities blocked the search engines of Sina.com and Sohu.com to try to upgrade their censorship capabilities, website staff...
Internet discussions on the pope remain prohibited in China
- 2005-04-04
BEIJING AFP — Chinese Internet portals again banned prayers and other comment on Pope John Paul II in what appeared to indicate government concern that his death might stir up too much religious fervour. While popular portals such as Sina.com and Sohu.com's on-line discussion forums were flooded with messages...
Top Chinese Internet sites launch anti-porn measures
- 2004-08-06
BEIJING AFP ? Popular Internet sites Sina.com, Sohu.com and Netease.com are complying with orders to clean up web content to "create a green environment for millions of underage surfers," it was reported. The official Xinhua news agency said technical measures had been taken to clean up the sites and...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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