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Introduction / Yongnian Zheng And Xiaoling Zhang -- Historical Imagination In The Study Of Chinese Digital Civil Society / Guobin Yang -- Dancing Thumbs: Mobile Telephony In Contemporary China / Zhenzhi Guo And Mei Wu -- Regulating E Gao: Futile Efforts Of Recentralization? / Bingchun Meng -- In The Name Of Good Governance: E-government, Internet Pornography, And Political Censorship In China / Guoguang Wu -- Chinese Intellectuals And Internet In The Formation Of A New Collective Memory / Junhua Zhang -- From Foreign Propaganda To International Communication: China's Promotion Of Soft Power In The Age Of Information And Communication Technologies / Xiaoling Zhang -- Web Engineering In The Chinese Context: Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom, A Hundred Schools Of Thought Contend / Kieron O'hara -- The Political Cost Of Information Control In China: The Nation-state And Governance / Yongnian Zheng. Edited By Xiaoling Zhang And Yongnian Zheng. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This volume investigates how the rapid expansion of information and communications technology (ICT) in China has simultaneously facilitated social transformation and triggered complex state regulatory responses. The editors, Xiaoling Zhang and Zheng Yongnian, curate a collection of scholarly essays that examine the tension between digital connectivity and political control. By analyzing specific case studies ranging from mobile telephony to e-government, the contributors argue that the Chinese state faces an ongoing challenge in balancing the economic benefits of technological modernization with the perceived risks to social stability and governance.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this work as a significant contribution to the study of Chinese digital governance, noting its multidisciplinary approach to a rapidly evolving subject. Readers frequently highlight the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of the intersection between technology and authoritarian statecraft.
Page Count:
160
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203881133
ISBN-13:
9780203881132
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