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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">The School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University and</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network, Deakin University</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">Co-present</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">The Asian Pandemic Panel Series</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Panel Two: Intercultural Dialogue about the COVID-19 Pandemic</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">Wednesday 23<sup>rd</sup> September, 3:00-4:30pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time, GMT&#43;10)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">Please register (</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/120518838089"><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/120518838089</span></a></b><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">).
 You will receive an order confirmation after registration. The Zoom webinar link and passcode can be found in the ‘Additional Information’ in the confirmation email.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">COVID-19 has led to a rise in misunderstanding, inequality, discrimination and conflict between races, cultures and nations. Therefore, intercultural dialogue is needed more
 than ever to promote cross-cultural cooperation and build solidarity during and post the pandemic. The panel brings scholars from Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Nottingham Ningbo and Deakin University to discuss a variety of social,
 cultural and political issues in the pandemic from a comparative or cross-cultural perspective, including fake news, face mask use, wildlife trade and consumption, international relations and news.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">Panellists and Presentations:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">UK media coverage of China’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Prof Xiaoling Zhang (University of Nottingham Ningbo)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Mediated action against illegal and unregulated wildlife trade/consumption in the shadow of the COVID-19</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">A/P Jia Dai (Tsinghua University)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Regulation of COVD-19 fake news infodemic in China and India</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Dr Usha M. Rodrigues; Dr Jian Xu (Deakin University)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">The EU-China cross-cultural conversation on the COVID-19 pandemic</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">A/P Li Zhang (Tsinghua University)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">To mask or not to mask: Comparative study on face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">A/P Qiaolei Jiang (Tsinghua University); Prof Jing Xu; Ms Shiyu Liu (Peking University)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Discussant:
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Prof Anbin Shi, Ministry of Education Endowment Professor of Global Communication, Associate Dean (Research), School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Chair:
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Prof Wei Shen, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Relations), Deakin University, Jean Monnet Chair Professor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">For further details about the Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network, see:
<a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/communication-creative-arts/research/asian-media-and-cultural-studies-network">
https://www.deakin.edu.au/communication-creative-arts/research/asian-media-and-cultural-studies-network</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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