The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web

by Jing Wang

Book Overview

A scholar and activist tells the story of change makers operating within the Chinese Communist system, whose ideas of social action necessarily differ from those dominant in Western, liberal societies.

The Chinese government has increased digital censorship under Xi Jinping. Why? Because online activism works; it is perceived as a threat in halls of power. In The Other Digital China, Jing Wang, a scholar at MIT and an activist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980921
• ISBN13: 9780674980921
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"