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1、MicroblogsandtheAdaptationoftheChineseParty-StatesGovernanceStrategyNELENOESSELT*TheChineseparty-stateiscurrentlyadaptingitsgovernancestrategy.TherecentdebateinChinaontheroleofmicroblogsinthegovernanceprocess,asdocumentedinthereportsissuedbyChineseresearchinstitutesandadvisorybodies,
2、illustratestheeffortsbeingundertakenbyChinaspoliticalelitestointegratemicroblogsintotheirnewpublicmanagementstrategy.Massprotestsandlarge-scaleonlinecriticismvoicedviamicroblogsdirectlythreatentheregimessurvival.Asaconsequence,legitimacyisnolongerregardedasbeinginherent,butassomethin
3、gthathasinsteadtobepermanentlyregainedandreaffirmed.Toincreasethesystemsefficiencyandtogenerateanewkindofsymboliclegitimacy,Chinaspoliticalelitestendtobasethepoliticaldecision-makingprocessonstrategiccalculationsintendedtobereflectiveofpubliconlineopinion.Theturntowardamoreresponsiveway
4、ofgoverningbytheChineseparty-statedemonstratesoncemoretheadaptabilityofauthoritarianone-partystatesinthedigitalera.IntroductionAsaresponsetothechangingstructuresofcommunicationandcoordi-nationviasocialmediaandmicroblogs,theChineseauthoritieshaveinrecentyearsrevisedtheirgovernancestra
5、tegy.Thefactthatthepoliticalelitesinanauthoritarianone-partysystemareforcedtoreacttochangesinthedomestic(online)context,alongsidetherealitythattheyarenottheonestosetthenewframeworksfor(online)statesocietyinteractions,mightsoundhighlyparadoxical.Furthermore,itmightbeaskedwhyauthoritar
6、ianstateslikeChinahavenotprohibitedthespreadofnewcommunicationtechnologies,eventhoughthesecanbesaidtohave1triggeredoratleastfacilitatedtherebellionsoftheArabSpring.ThispuzzlecanbestbesolvedbytakingacloserlookattheevolutionofmicroblogsinChina:Chinasmostpopularmicrobloggingservices,Sin
7、aWeiboandTencent,werelaunchedbyprivateChineseInternetcom-paniesmotivatedaboveallbyeconomicgain.Internetcommunicationtechnologiesarefirstandforemostneutraltoolsthatcanbeusedbyanumberofdifferentactorsanddonotautomaticallyempowerdissidents2oroppositionalmovements.*GIGAInstituteofAsianStu
8、diesGovernan
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