About Us
The "Observe China" website, www.observechina.net, is hosted by the U.S.-based China Information Center (CIC). Launched on May 1st, 2002, the website includes sections under the following titles: OBSERVER, OBSERVER EXPRESS (exclusive news from China), SPECIAL REPORTS, DIALOGUE, HUMAN RIGHTS, HISTORY & FACT, etc. Special features include: HONG KONG, TAIWAN, and TIBET. In the SPECIAL TOPICS section, readers can find collections of related articles on specific themes. Brief English summaries of the items on the Chinese-language Observe China website can be found on the English website www.cicus.org. The Chinese-language bimonthly magazine Guancha can be found on http://magazine.guancha.org/.
Suggestions and comments are welcome. We are also soliciting contributions for this site from concerned China watchers. Please note that articles with pseudonyms are unacceptable. We will pay honoraria for work that meets our publishing criteria.
For more information, please contact:
China Information Center
3056 Covington Street
Fairfax, VA 22031
703-280-2700, 703-280-2705 (phone); 703-280-2709 (fax)
Board Members: Prof. Yu Yingshi, Mrs. Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Harry Hongda Wu, Prof. Yu Maochun, Mrs. Tienchi Liao
Publishers: Harry Hongda Wu, Tienchi M.-Liao
Editors: Kuide Chen(Editorial
Writer), Yuan Gu, Tienchi M.-Liao, Harry Hongda Wu, Andrew L. Yang(Chief Editor)
Please send submissions to：editor@cicus.org, ciceditor@gmail.com
Phone：202-898-1600
Fax： 202-898-1601
Address：China Information Center
1109 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Our Mission
"Knowledge" is a basic human right. The right should not be deprived.
Only when man is fully given the right to knowledge can the foundation be laid for a society of freedom, democracy and prosperity. Totalitarian regimes of various kinds are all characterized by the deprivation of man's right to knowledge.
In a liberal democratic society, culture, education and media are essentially used to satisfy man's demand for knowledge, while in a totalitarian society they are employed for the purpose of sustaining and reinforcing obscurantist policy.
Our effort and strength may be insignificant in this era of information, but we will carry out our mission with perseverance and patience.
