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The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online

Contemporary Asia in the World series

"Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin Yang's pioneering study maps an innovative range of contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, delineating a nuanced and dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community, conflict, and control". — Book Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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