
{"id":24945,"date":"2012-04-05T11:25:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T15:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=24945"},"modified":"2012-04-05T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T15:32:10","slug":"skyping-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/04\/05\/skyping-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyping China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Thousand Words<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By Jock Lauterer<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/04\/05\/skyping-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512-113x71.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1kwords040512-360x226.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy students are still buzzing about last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Skype to China. An outgrowth of my Chinese Community Journalism initiative, the historic exchange between fledgling journalists from UNC and Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing put kids who are worlds apart face to face in real time. Chapel Hill native and UNC senior (and Citizen intern) Kevin Collins reflected, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so glad I could be a part of the China Skype session! Every now and then, something happens that reminds me what a crazy time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m growing up in. That was pretty much all I could think about during the Skype session. Technology is bringing the world together, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen a more concrete example of that than last night.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  In response, Chinese student Ying Peng observed, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On the screen, we saw \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 American students \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 with\u00c2\u00a0golden hair and white skin, some with brown hair and black skin. I could \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 perceive the racial differences, so that this meeting seemed more unique and valuable. When the first girl (explained why she loved) journalism, she said: I love (meeting) different people \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so that I can tell (their stories.) I bet this is also one of the reasons why\u00c2\u00a0I chose journalism. It seems that we have overcome the different time zones and the different races between us.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0Forgive me for being so hopeful in this fractured world, but perhaps the childhood song is true: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Small World After All.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p><strong>A THOUSAND WORDS<\/strong><br \/>\nDo you have an important old photo that you value? Email your photo to jock@email.unc.edu and include the story behind the picture. Because every picture tells a story. And its worth? 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