Hello! My name is Fangfang Gao, a Ph.D. student studying journalism at University of Florida. I am from China, People's Republic of China. The 2008 Olympic Games was held this August in Beijing, the capital of my home country.
Ever since I was here in the U.S., many people asked me the same question: Why do you study journalism? I understand their thinking, because China and the U.S. are so different in culture, political system, language etc. Journalism is such a culture-based and political-related subject that it seems my experiences in China cannot always be applied to my study here and the knowledge and perspectives I get in America cannot fit in the reality of China all the time.
However, I still enjoy it. Opposite standings, sometimes, can bring people a deeper understanding of the world. Also, in my opinion, what Americans see as China is actually made by mass media, which is far away from my knowing of China. So, here, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as well as my home country, China.