Ai Weiwei: If China Had Twitter Earlier, "I'd Be More Famous Than My Father"#
Last night, the Paley Center for Media in New York City held a historic conversation between the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, and Richard MacManus, founder and editor in chief of the influential technology blog ReadWriteWeb. The Jing Daily team attended the sold-out event, live-tweeting the entirety of the discussion (viewable at @JingDaily) along with a number of other attendees and participants around the world. Fitting with the night's theme of the growing ubiquity of social media, tweets about the event -- comments, observations and questions for participants -- were displayed real-time on a large screen behind the stage.
The conversation between Ai, Dorsey and MacManus, moderated by journalist and author Emily Parker, the Arthur Ross Fellow at the Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations, touched on many subjects that are of critical importance not only in China or the US but around the world, from the development of "read/write" social media tools like Twitter and Facebook (as well as their domestic counterparts or clones in China) to the role of social media in increasing political transparency and seamlessly connecting individuals from around the world.
An excellent summary of the event, including many quotes by Ai, Dorsey and MacManus has been posted today on ReadWriteWeb. Below is a video recap of the event -- definitely worth checking out.
Watch live streaming video from readwriteweb at livestream.com
Jing Daily would like to thank the Paley Center for their hospitality, and for hosting such a fascinating, inspiring event. We greatly appreciate having had the opportunity to take part, in a small way, in this historic conversation.