方兴东

Fang Xingdong is a Chinese author focused on Internet development and the memory of its key figures. Public information about him is limited: his dates of birth and death, nationality, and English name are not clearly recorded. Seven of his works are held in the collection, centering on biography, computers, programming and design, management, and industrial technology. His representative works fall into two groups. One consists of reflective writing on Internet thinkers, such as Who Is Stewart Brand. The other is the oral-history series Glory and Dream, which records the recollections of key figures in China's Internet development, including Zhang Shuxin, Tian Suning, Hu Qihang, Lu Shouqun, Zhang Chaoyang, and Liu Yunjie. His writing emphasizes archival organization and interviews, preserving the experiences and reflections of early Internet practitioners through oral history and biography. It offers a useful reference for understanding the course of China's Internet development, and its style is practical and plain, valuing first-hand accounts.