Internet Xi’s Internet: China’s new normal online reality May 18, 2016 3 Written by David Kurt Herold. During the decade long reign of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao over the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Internet…
China Great firewall of China reinforced as foreign media banned from publishing online March 11, 2016 1 Written by Dianjing Li. A new Chinese rule banning all foreign media from publishing online will come into effect on March 10, affecting everything from…
Internet The ‘Voluntary Fifty-Cent Army’ in Chinese Cyberspace February 29, 2016 0 Written by Rongbin Han. On October 15, 2014, President Xi Jinping met and lauded Zhou Xiaoping and Hua Qianfang at the high-profile “Forum on Literature and…
Hong Kong Unreliable evidence in the case of the missing Hong Kong booksellers January 21, 2016 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. So, the Chinese authorities – you remember them, they’re the people who had absolutely no idea what had happened to five…
China A Decade of Blogging in China August 31, 2015 0 Written by Giorgio Strafella and Daria Berg. The effects of blogging and Internet use on Chinese politics and society have been a hotly debated topic…
China China’s Responsiveness to Internet Opinion: A Double-Edged Sword July 2, 2015 0 Written by Jonathan Hassid. China’s obvious press censorship can mask the surprising reality that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) responds quickly to public opinion, especially when…
China China’s Media in Cross Currents: Implications for Critical Journalism June 29, 2015 1 Written by Rongbin Han. To a large extent, the development of Chinese media, particularly critical media, depends on the interaction between market forces, state control,…
Chinese media Does Authoritarian Government Respond to the Chinese People? April 30, 2015 0 Written by Ma Liang. Authoritarian regimes are usually characterized as being less responsive to its citizens in comparison to democratic governments. The use of Internet and other cutting-edge…
Government From the “Great Firewall” to the “Great Cannon”: The misleading metaphors of Internet filtering in China April 29, 2015 0 Written by Séverine Arsène. In a recent report on a China-related attack against Github and Greatfire, a group of researchers coined the term “Great Cannon”…
China Beyond censorship—The new ecology of the Chinese internet April 27, 2015 0 Written by Jun Fu. The International Communication Association recently gave its Outstanding Article Award of 2015 to an article addressing the question “Does the Great Firewall…
