Study on the Chintranet

1. The Chintranet
Sen PENG
MCC’11

2. 2010 Statistical Report on
Internet Development in China
Net citizens in China - June, 2010
- 420 million -> 31.8% of total population
- averagely 19.8 hours every week online
- Senior (40.1%) and junior (26.8%) students
- music and news consumptions, followed by search engine,
instant messaging and net games

3. Information
center
permissive revolution
platform for
Individuality
Internet

4. “Great Firewall of China”
most advanced and extensive
one around the globe
- Wikipedia
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

5. failure
proliferation
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

6. three-generation model
MacKinnon (2010)
first generation
online filtering
second generation
legitimization of information
control and authority of web
ban and cyber attacks
third generation
extends through the Internet to
physical actions

7. first generation
a) Permeable and flexible
b) Basic online content is based on
writing system of languages
Chinese characters
homophony and can be broken down
English words
with letters among the first and the last one
changing their order
c) Different forms of presentation, i.e. images, videos

8. Second generation
1994 - Ministry of Public Security of China
“licensing” system
“content providers are responsible for ensuring the legality of
any information disseminated through their services”.
Since 2000, Violation of regulations include criminal liability
of online activities

9. third generation
ambiguity of the phrases
“other harmful information” and
“interests of the state
>>>
physical control
Lin Haiyin, writer

10. supported by
Chinese net citizens
Fallows (2008)
majority comfortable with the idea
that the Internet should be managed
or controlled by the government.
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

11. The public’s Internet phobia
-offical media’s propaganda of the
“internet addiction” of young people
-parents worry about the damage of
next generation
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

12. The public’s Internet phobia
-70% of surveyed Chinese officials
fear the Internet (official media)
-highly appreciated by net citizens to
be a good turn
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

13. (Knowlton, 2008)
High positive views of Chinese
to the China government
- corruption and Inflation of prices
- government, good, big important
issues
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

14. Direct governmental
Internet control through
three generations
&
Supportive public opinion guided
and influenced by mainstream
official media
Chintranet
China’s Internet control

15. how to sustain
the civil climate and the discourse power
that Internet is bringing to Chinese people
and avoid
the regress of excessive governmental
control backing by the weak law system
and the public’s optimism on the
government.

16. Thanks =)
Sen PENG
MCC’ 11