China and the Internet

Christopher R Hughes is Director of the Asia Research Centre and Lecturer in the department of International Relations at London School of Economics.Gudrun Wacker is Head of Research Unit Asia, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Berlin, Germany's major think tank.

• Christopher R. Hughes and Gudrun Wacker Introduction: China's Digital Leap Forward1. Xiudian Dai ICTs in China's Development Strategy2. Karsten Giese Internet Growth and the Digital Divide3. Gudrun Wacker The Internet and Censorship in China4. Junhua Zhang Network Convergence and Bureaucratic Turf Wars5. Ngai-Ling Sum (Re)-Imagining 'Greater China': Silicon Valley and the Strategy of Siliconization6. Monika Ermert and Christopher R. Hughes What's in a Chinese Domain Name?7. Christopher R. Hughes Fighting the Smokeless War: ICTs and International Security

'The authors describe a complex situation where technological, commercial, political and societal elements are playing crucial roles in the future development of the Internet in China.' - Asian Journal of Communication'This edited volume begins to fill a gap in academic research on the development of the Internet in China.' - China Review International