This seminar series is brought to you by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore in collaboration with National Library Singapore. Voices in the Gap: Media and Culture in China’s Era of Transition Mr. David Bandurski, University of Hong Kong Ms. Tania Lim, Independent Scholar, Singapore Outside China, the predominant view of Chinese media and culture is defined by the dynamic of censorship and control. Reports on media events in China generally suggest a repressive environment marked by successive crackdowns and tightenings of control, punctuated by occasional surprises of boldness. While control is an enduring feature of China’s media, however, the full picture is far more complicated. In this talk, Mr. Bandurski will address the current state and development of media and culture in China, and the challenges facing free expression in the country, through the dynamics of control and change. He will also discuss the implications of domestic media policies for China’s long-term development and its image internationally. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS David Bandurski, an award-winning freelance journalist, is currently a researcher at the China Media Project (CMP), a research program of the Journalism & Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong. He received a Human Rights Press Award in 2008 for a report on China’s use of professional associations to enforce internet propaganda guidelines, and was co‐recipient of a Merit Prize in Commentary in 2007. He is the …