Dean Wilson on Zhao Qizheng

From CNTV English

With the 2012 Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress going to take place, we have got a special interview with its official spokesman, Zhao Qizheng. A politician, a physicist and dean of the school of journalism, this year marks his last year as a spokesman. CCTV News correspondent Fei Ye talks to him about his work, his life, and his achievements.

Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, said, “What I think that it has done was to open up a kind of intellectual space where Americans can talk to Chinese about the issues of public diplomacy. Dean Zhao was able to create a journal on public diplomacy and to take a leadership position in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference is very important to get the message of what public diplomacy is and the role it can play.” Read More »