Chinese cyberspaces :  technological changes and political effects / 
edited by Jens Damm and Simona Thomas. 
 - xx, 180 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Asia's transformations .
 - Asia's transformations. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : Chinese cyberspaces : technological changes and political effects /  Government policy and political control over China's Internet /  In the crossfire of demands : Chinese news portals between propaganda and the public /  Comrade to comrade networks : the social and political implications of peer-to-peer networks in China /  China's e-policy : examples of local e-government in Guangdong and Fujian /  Industrialization supported by informatization : the economic effects of the Internet in China /  Net business : China's potential for a global market change /  Jens Damm and Simona Thomas --  Eric Harwit and Duncan Clark --  Johan Lagerkvist --  Michael Chase, James Mulvenon and Nina Hachigian --  Jens Damm --  Xie Kang --  Simona Thomas.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7. 
<br/><br/> "Chinese Cyberspaces provides a multi-disciplinary study on the recent development and consequences of internet expansion in China taken from a social, political, cultural and economic perspective. The book provides critical analysis of the effects of Internet technology on China's information policy and overall political stability as well as the political implications. Original fieldwork from a leading group of international scholars carried out over the last two years suggests that although the digital divide has developed along typical lines of gender, urban versus rural, and income, it has also been greatly influenced by the Communist Party's attempts to exert efficient control. This compelling over view of the current situation regarding Internet development in China and its potential future trends, will appeal to social science academics and decision makers in politics, business and international organizations."--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415332087 9780415332088 0203400321 9780203400326 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005018143 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Internet--Political aspects--China<br/>Information policy--China<br/>Digital divide--China<br/>Internet in public administration--China
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN740.Z9  / I565 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48330951