Overview
The Internet in China, a Berkshire Essential, provides unique and much-needed historical background on the communications revolution and technological developments that have transformed Chinese society, creating new conflicts and new opportunities for the nation's half billion "netizens." This convenient handbook covers the role of the Internet in business and economy, governance and politics, civil society, and social welfare. More than forty international experts, many of them Chinese, write about community-building and social networking, online dating and romance, government regulation, education and entertainment, and phenomena specific to China, including the Great Firewall and microblogging.
- | Author: Ashley Esarey
- | Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1614729352
- | ISBN-13: 9781614729358
