Technological empowerment: the Internet, state, and society in China

Contents List of Figures xxx List of Tables xxx Preface xxx Acknowledgments xxx Chapter 1. Politics of Technological Empowerment: Science vs. Democracy 1 Chapter 2. Information Technology, Nation-State Building, and Social Movement 00 Chapter 3. Regulatory Regime and Political Control 00 Chapter 4. Internet, Political Liberalization, and Political Democratization 00 Chapter 5. Internet, Civic Engagement, and Public Distrust 00 Chapter 6. Interaction Strategies, Collective Action, and Political Consequences 00 Chapter 7. Information Technology, State-Society Relations, and Political Changes 00 Selected Bibliography 000 Notes 000 Index 000 Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Number of Computer Hosts in China 000 2.2 Growth of Users in China 000 2-3 Number of Domains Registered under CN, October 1997-January 2004 2-4 Users by Occupation, January 2004 2-5 Use the at Work among Business Elites 2-6 Use the at Home among Business Elites 2-7 I am proficient in using the Internet 2-8 Regional Allocation of Users, October 1997-January 2002 2-9 Location of Access, Jan 2004 2-10 Monthly Income of Users in China, Jan 2004 3-1 Party and State Organizations Responsible for the Media (Central level) 3-2 Party and State Organizations Responsible for the (Central level) 3-3 Arrests in China 5-1 the will enable to work more efficiently 5-2 The keeps me up-to-date with world developments. 5-3 the will invade one's privacy 5-4 the will enable one to befriend bad company 5-5 the will subject one to bad influence 5-6 level of trust of the 5-7 and Inter-personal Interaction in China (2003) 5-8 The is a good way to keep in touch with people 5-9 Do you think by using the like you can better understand politics? (all respondents, 18 and above) (2003) 5-10 Do you think by using the like you can have more say about what the government does? (all respondents, 18 and above) (2003) 5-11 Approval Rate of the Government's Anti-Corruption Performance Tables 2-1 Local Switchboard Capacity in China, 1985-2002 2-2 Number of Fixed-Line Phone Subscribers in China, 1978-2002 2-3 Penetration Rate and Teledensity in China, 1985-2002 2-4 Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers in China, 1988-2002 2-5 Social Groups that Benefited the Most and Least since the Open Door and Reform Policy (perceptions, 2002) 2-6 Fluctuations in the Urban-Rural Income Levels since 1995 2-7 Development of Corruption among Leading Cadres in the 1990s 3-1 Heads of the Central Propaganda Department 3-2 Major Rules and Regulations on the in China, 1994-2005 4-1 Most Important Reasons for Going Online in China (%), 2002-2004 4-2 Information Searched for Among Users in China (%), 2002-2004 4-3 Services that were used most frequently (multiple choices, %), 2002-2004 5-1 Reasons for Not Using the in China (percentage, 2003) 5-2 Reasons for Not Using the in urban areas (percentage, N: 1,382) 5-3 Trust on information available in the among users and non-users in urban China (by percentage) 5-4 Public Opinions of the and Politics in urban China, percentage, 2003 5-5 Public Opinions on Corruption in China 6-1 Popular concerns about SARS in five Chinese cities on May 24, 2003 (percentage) 6-2 Question: Were you aware of SARS before such news became available in official news media? (Percentage) 6-3 Question: What do you think of the performance of the central government in battling SARS? (Percentage) 6-4 Question: Has your confidence towards the government increased or decreased (Percentage)