Florian Schneider is University Lecturer for the Politics of Modern China at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is also managing editor of the journal Asiascape: Digital Asia, and the author of Visual Political Communication in Popular Chinese Television Series (Brill 2013). His research interests include questions of governance, political communication, digital media, and international relations in the East-Asian region.

• List of Tables and IllustrationsNote on ConventionsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Nationalism and its Digital ModesChapter 3: Filtering Digital ChinaChapter 4: Digital China's Hyperlink NetworksChapter 5: The Mediated MassacreChapter 6: Selling Sovereignty on the WebChapter 7: The User-Generated NationChapter 8: The Cultural Governance of Digital ChinaChapter 9: Conclusion - The Future of Nationalism in the Digital Age Glossary of Technical Terms NotesReferencesIndex

Schneider's book develops a powerful critique of current literatures on nationalism, cyber politics, and China studies, while providing a thought-provoking interpretation of digital nationalism in China as a technological, social, economic, and political phenomenon.Despite the theoretical and conceptual complexity, the book is written in a highly accessible fashion. Students of China studies, digital media, identity politics, and authoritarian politics should certainly read it. Readers with or without background knowledge about China, nationalism, or digital media but are interested in these topics will enjoy it.