The inaugural Asia Chinese New Media Conference at the Royal Bintang hotel in Petaling Jaya drew about 100 leading new media practitioners and academics from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia.

According to Malaysiakini Chinese edition founder and editor Yong Kai Ping, the conference aims to facilitate discussions among regional Chinese new media organisations and to brainstorm ideas on the fast evolving new media landscape.

"The response to this conference has been very good. We had to turn away many people who were eager to attend.

"This shows that there is enormous interest in discussing the role of the Chinese new media in promoting democracy, press freedom and the betterment of the journalism industry," said Yong.

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