For Release: 2008-07-14 13:50:00
With the approaching Olympic Games directing a spotlight on China, Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China: Hope for a New Century, airing Sunday, July 27 at 10:30/9:30 p.m. CT on KET1, explores the connections between the peoples of Kentucky and China.The program is a result of a two-year exploration of how Kentucky is connected to China through commerce, education and the arts, religion, adoptions, health care and news and sports, said executive producer Buck Ryan.
“There is a growing web of connections drawing Kentucky and China closer together day by day,” said Ryan, director of the Citizen Kentucky Project of the University of Kentucky’s Scripps Howard First Amendment Center.
“Unlike the 1970s when U.S.-China relations were determined by Nixon and Mao, today the relations are changing through a multitude of interactions by citizens across borders.”
The program features a public forum with speakers focusing on four main points: dispelling misconceptions, confronting fears, improving schools and seizing opportunities.
Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China: Hope for a New Century was produced by Ryan through the facilities of Video Editing Services. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
Contact: Ellen Soileau
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