The Evolution of Mainland China''s Regulation of the Internet
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chu, Hung-Wen
Abstract
Mainland China’s economic growth rate remains high every year. The number of its Internet users has been over six hundred million and ranked first in the world. The rising of the Internet is gradually replacing the single communication function of the official/traditional media. All kinds of information are transferred quickly and communities with different ideology interact closely with each other. These show that the rising power of the network generation cannot be neglected easily.
This study finds that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), since 1994, has promulgated various regulations of the Internet control and censorship. CCP also highly value the development of the Internet industry and its effect on public opinions. Since Xing Jinping came into power, for the purpose of efficiently stabilizing the political, economic and social environment, the control policies of the Internet are characterized by the following three developments: (1) active control of the growth of harmful websites, (2) more and more rigid techniques suitable for the Internet control policies, and (3) consolidating the political power through anti-corruption of the public on the Internet.
As a result, the strategic planning of the Internet control and development by People’s Republic of China (PRC) will undoubtedly accelerate the policy making and effects of some important issues, including the state-society relations, democratization and globalization, economy and culture. Will the political power gradually and stably progress in the future? Observing the evolution of PRC’s Internet control policies will still be the most critical topic.
Subjects
中共
網路
審查
管制政策
變革
Type
thesis
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