. >> i remember the first prize that we gave, or one of the first was to libby rosenthal of the "new york times," who had been amazing reporting about aids in china early on. and her reports had been translated into chinese and read by -- in the internal party better information newsletter kind of thing and had had an effect on the chinese leadership and helped to inform them because reporting in china was not so good and they didn't have as good information as they could get from libby rosenthal. but things are more quickly translated on google. you can know more or less what's being said in an article even if your chinese characters are really, really rusty. right, marcus? i think the drama in china, it's a chinese drama. i mean, the struggles over the country's future. as i said, the chen guangcheng story is the story about thousands and thousands of activists and civil society people and journalists. and they're all over china really demanding their rights and demanding that their government respect its own law. that china respect its own constitution and that it be a truly law-b

. >> i remember the first author prize that was given to libby rosenthal from "the new york times" who had done amazing news about aids in china early on. her reports had been transmitted in chinese and read by the internal party information news type of thing. it had an effect on the people in china, because reporting in china was not as good and they did not have as good of information as they could get from libby rosenthal. so i think people are more aware of what people are writing. more things are being translated on google. you can know what is being said, even if your chinese characters are really, really rusty. i think the drama, though, in china -- it's a chinese drama. the struggles over the country's future. as i said, the chen guangcheng story is a story about, you know, thousands and thousands of activists and civil society people all over demanding that their government respect its own law, that china respect its own constitution. that i think is really the drama in china today. it is being played out by chinese on the chinese stage. we're bystanders. we can affect it and

. >> i remember the first prize's given, one was libby rosenthal from "the new york times." that did a wonderful report on aids in china early on. and her reports were translated in chinese and read to the internal party better information newsletter thing. and had an affect on the chinese leadership. and helped to report them. the reporting in china wasn't as good. i think that the world is smaller all the time. people are better aware of what everyone is writing. things are more quickly translated on google. you can know instantly what is said in the article, even if your chinese characters are really rusty, right, marcus. but the drama in china is a chinese drama. the struggles over the country's future. the chen guangcheng story is a story about activists and journalists. and those in china demanding their rights and that the government respect it's own constitution. and that it be truly a law-based society. that's really the drama in china today. it's being played out on a chinese stage. we are bystanders and we can affect it and participate at the margins. but it's a t

first prize that we gave a thing, the first prize that was given her one of the first was to libby rosenthal at "the new york times" who had done an amazing reporting in china very early on. and her reports have been translated into chinese and red eye the internal party information newsletter and had an effect on the chinese leadership and help to inform them because reporting in china was not so good and they didn't have this good information. so i think the world is smaller all the time and people are better aware of what everyone is writing. things are more quickly translated on google. you can know instantly more or less what was said in an article even if you're chinese characters are really really rusty. i think the drama though in china, it's a chinese drama. i mean the struggles over the country's future and as i his eakes said the chen guangcheng story is a story about thousands and thousands of activists and civil society people and journalists and people in china demanding their rights and demanding their government respect, china respect its own constitution and that it be a lot