Elections Pakistan: Upcoming General Elections and the electronic and social media June 25, 2018 1 Written by Khalid Jarral. What makes Pakistan’s upcoming general elections in July 2018 different from the past is a tremendous surge in political parties’ strategic communication…
Internet Homosexuality, Social Media Activism and the Future of a Queer China April 27, 2018 1 Written by Hongwei Bao. A new policy of banning homosexuality related content announced by Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese language social media platform, has recently…
China Policing Public Relations in China February 12, 2018 0 Written by Suzanne E. Scoggins. Of all the things for the Chinese police to pour money into these days, one might think that a public…
China Yu Xiuhua: Travelling Through the Mud of Life by Poetry December 6, 2017 0 Written by Dian Li. 2015 started with a bang for Yu Xiuhua. In a span of months, her name graced front pages of newspapers, prime-time…
China Casual Sex and Late Marriage: Chinese Young People in the Era of Living Alone September 26, 2017 0 Written by Jue Ren. In China today there is a population of 200 million singles including over 40 million empty-nest youths. As the lifestyle in…
News Room for Debate? News and Public Opinion in China May 4, 2017 0 Written by Ya-Wen Lei. Common indices used by social scientists to measure levels of freedom and to classify political regimes suggest that civil and political…
China The significance of sharing: Video in China June 26, 2015 0 Written by Gianluigi Negro. In a famous Ted talk Chris Anderson stated that web video would drive a worldwide phenomenon he called Crowd Accelerated Innovation –…
Culture and Society How the Internet is shaping PRC development: Three schools of thought in China May 9, 2015 0 Written by Daniel Lynch. Over the past few years I have followed Chinese writings on the impact of the Internet on PRC society. I’m not…
China The Chinese Government Hops on the WeChat Bandwagon May 6, 2015 0 Written by Zixue Tai and Xiaolong Liu. Like everywhere else, social media is an increasingly pervasive presence in Chinese society. Leading the market are the three…
China The enduring themes of Chinese propaganda May 5, 2015 0 Written by Matthew Johnson. Two of the most enduring and seemingly paradoxical features of China’s propaganda state are its staying power and steady decline. In English,…
