Mr. Zhang is Executive Director
of Association for Asian Research, an independent research organization based in
New York City. Mr. Zhang is also part of Global Master of Arts Program at The
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and will graduate this July. Before coming
to the U.S. in 1984, Mr. Zhang served for more than two years as an English
translator and staff member at North America Department at China International
Travel Service, a government agency in Beijing. Mr. Zhang later became a
naturalized US citizen, and has worked as a part-time verbatim reporter at the
United Nations and as an independent business consultant.
Mr. Zhang has studied
censorship in China extensively and has spoken on this subject at the European
Parliament. Among his notable volunteer work is Mr. Zhang's
role as Falun Gong's spokesperson for the past three
years. He has worked with others at the US Congress to have successfully passed
several resolutions, condemning China’s persecution of Falun Gong and its
harassment of US Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Zhang has testified before the US
Congress, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the Italian
Parliament on Falun Gong human rights issues. He has also spoken at the UN Human
Rights Commission in Geneva as a member of US Freedom House delegation. Mr.
Zhang has appeared on CNN, ABC’s Nightline, the Charlie Rose Show, PBS’s
News Hour, BBC, MSNBC, and many other international media. Mr. Zhang has been
invited to speak at the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University,
Princeton University, Emory University, and at many other institutions.
Additional update note
supplied by ERPING ZHANG ( 08-24-04) Harold Channer
"some information on my biography
could be updated a bit....
I have already graduated from The Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy last
year with a Masters degree. Now I am a Mason Fellow (one-year MPA degree
program) at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
During my spare-time, I am continuing volunteer work for improving human
rights conditions in China for Falun Gong spiritual movement."
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