Monday.COME "To Vote for another Person Instead -- an Afterthought of an Independent Candidate for the National People’s Congress Election"

In 2011, writer LIU Hong participated as an independent candidate in the Beijing Chaoyang District Election for the National People's Congress. She was met with unexpected obstacles and discouragement, and at the same time this began to arouse people's concern for elections in China. Exactly how democratic are China's lower level elections? What kind of pressure do independent candidates face? What roles do civil society and new media play in these elections? Monday.COME is delighted to have LIU Hong to share with us her experience and thoughts.

Topic: To Vote for another Person Instead -- an Afterthought of an Independent Candidate for the National People's Congress Election
Date: 4 March 2013 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Venue: NAH 313
Speaker: LIU Hong (An independent scholar and a columnist. Her latest work is The 80's: The Glory and Dream of China Economist published by Guangxi Normal University Press in 2010.)
Host: CHOW Po Chung (Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration)
Language: Cantonese (Putonghua and English can be used in discussion)
Lunch:HK$10 (The School and GPA Department subsidize the remainder. Lunch is provided for REGISTERED participants only.)
Notes:Monday.COME is open to students and staff of the School of Journalism and Communication, and Department of Government and Public Administration only and is closed to the press.