October 30, 2012
6:30pm – 8:30pm
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street), New York City
A unique opportunity to hear Hong Huang, “China’s Oprah,” in a frank and wide-ranging conversation about her career in media.
A conversation with publisher and media maven Hong Huang. Considered one of the most innovative women in China, Hong Huang has been a successful television host, best-selling author (My Abnormal Life as A Publisher), actress, blogger, media figure and the publisher of the fashion magazine iLook, a position that has earned her the nickname “China’s Oprah.” She writes for both the official Communist Party China Daily newspaper and The Daily Beast and is currently working on a memoir about her relationship with her mother, Mao Zedong’s translator.
This program is part of Creative Women in China Today, a series of conversations with some of the most innovative, iconic, and intellectual women in China. Upcoming programs include novelist Sheng Keyi and activist Wu Qing.
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