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1、TheBattlefortheChineseInternetXiaoQiangJournalofDemocracy,Volume22,Number2,April2011,pp.47-61(Article)PublishedbyTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPressDOI:10.1353/jod.2011.0020Foradditionalinformationaboutthisarticlehttp://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jod/summary/v022/22.2.xiao.htmlAccessProvidedbyCommunicationUn
2、iversityofChinaat09/16/129:25AMGMTinc.notes.Xiao.FINsavedfromAASbyTBon3/2/11;6,609wordsinc.notes;6,525words.PGScreatedfromFINbyBKon3/4/11.LiberationTechnologyTheBaTTleforTheChineseinTerneTXiaoQiangXiaoQiangisadjunctprofessorattheGraduateSchoolofJournalismoftheUniversityofCalifornia–Berkeley,princip
3、alinvestigatoratCoun-terPowerLab,andfounderandchiefeditorofChinaDigitalTimes.Scholars,journalists,andothercommentatorshaveextensivelyex-ploredcensorshipinthePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC),butmuchremainstobelearned.Inparticular,weneedabettergraspofthe“cy-ber-politics”ofexpandingonlinediscourseandtheca
4、pacityoftheIn-ternettoadvancefreespeech,politicalparticipation,andsocialchange.Wealsoneedtoknowmoreabouttheimplicationsof(andlimitson)thestate’seffortstocontrolwhatpeoplecansee,say,anddoonline.TheseissuesarecrucialtoourunderstandingofChinaandChinesesocietyandtheroleoftheInternetunderanauthoritarian
5、,one-partyregime.Itwasin2007—dubbed“YearOneofPublicEvents(GonggongShi-jianYuannian)”byonecommentator1—thattheInternetfirsthelpedtopropelcertainhappeningsintotheofficialmediadespiteresistancefromcensors.Bydoingso,Internetactivityeffectivelysettheagendaforpublicdiscourse.Thatyear,storiesaboutprotests
6、againsttheXiamenchemicalplant,slavelaboratbrickkilns,andtheabuseofindividualpropertyrightsspreadrapidlyonline,generatingsomuchpublicinterestanddebatethatcensorsandtheofficialmediahadlittleoptionbuttoreportonthemaswell.AlookattheexplosivegrowthofInternetaccessanduseacrossChi-na,thetoolsandmethodsuse
7、dbytheauthoritiestocontrolthecontentandflowofinformation,andtheemergingdynamicsbetweenChineseInternetusers,or“netizens,”andcensorsshowsthattheexpansionoftheInternetandWeb-basedmediaischangingtherulesofthega
