Kennett Werner is a prospective history major at Princeton University and an intern with the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations. Previously he spent the summer in Beijing, working at China's largest independent arts foundation. A native New Yorker, he graduated from the Dalton School.
Last Updated: May 2, 2014
Reports
06.05.12
How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism But Silences Collective Expression
Kennett Werner
Harvard University
Contrary to previous understandings, Chinese Internet posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of the state, its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored than posts without this content. Instead, this study shows that the...
Media
05.31.12
Zuckerberg’s CCTV Cameo
Chinese social media outlets lit up after sharp-eyed viewers caught Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg making a cameo appearance on Chinese Police, a documentary series produced by China Central Television (CCTV). Just a few second long, the footage shows...
Reports
03.11.09
Epilepsy Management at Primary Health Level in Rural China
Kennett Werner
World Health Organization
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting about 50 million people in the world, 85 percent of whom live in resource-poor countries. Epilepsy imposes an enormous physical, psychological, social and economic burden on...
Reports
05.01.08
WHO-China Country Cooperation Strategy, 2008-2013
Kennett Werner
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have been working together to improve the health of people throughout China for many decades. The first Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) in China covered the period...
Reports
03.01.08
Advancing Food Safety in China
Kennett Werner
United Nations
Over the past year, intense media attention has focused on food safety in the People’s Republic of China. Since the headlines broke, the government of China has been quick to respond, both highlighting the work it was already doing and taking many...
Reports
01.01.06
Turning the Tide: Injury and Violence Prevention in China
Kennett Werner
World Health Organization
Like most countries around the world, productivity (including economic and all other development indicators) in China is very strongly linked to the health of its people. The ability to achieve the Government of China’s overall goal of “xiaokang,”...