Technological Empowerment: The Internet, State, and Society in China - Hardcover

by Yongnian Zheng (Author)

Will new technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? This book argues that the internet has brought new dynamics of sociopolitical change in China, not always supportive of democracy.

Author Biography

Yongnian Zheng is Professor and Head of Research at The China Policy Institute, Nottingham University. He is also a coeditor of China: An International Journal. His publications include Globalization and State Transformation in China (2004) and Will China Become Democratic? Elite, Class, and Regime Transition (2004).