The Origin of the non-governmental sector in Russia during the presidencies o...Maciej Behnke
Apart from the public (first) and business (second) sectors, the third sector is one
of the pillars constituting the modern democratic society. All the social interests
are concentrated within the third sector and they are being implemented by the
numerous non-governmental organizations cooperating with the state as well
as business world. The birth of the third sector in Russia can be associated with
the beginning of Mikhail Gorbachev reforms called the perestroika. The mental
changes that the Russian society underwent influenced by the policy of glasnost
led to the origin of public involvement into the social and political life, taking
upon the role of the often ineffective state. The degree to which the citizens were
involved in the activity of the NGOs was first of all associated with their quality
of life and it depended on the attitude of the decision-makers towards the idea
of social organizations. The time of Boris Yeltsin presidency was characterized
by two phenomena: a drop in the standard of living accompanied by the
intensification of criminalization within the public life and the positive attitude
towards the introduction of the third sector. After the new president assumed
the post, the approach of the new authority changed in a negative way and
the politics implemented led to gaining full control over public associations.
The so-called liberalization of the law in respect to the third sector was only
a display of Kremlin’s political will and did not signify serious treatment of the
principles of the democratic and civic society. The third sector, one of the pillars
supporting the civil society is at present in the state of consolidation, dealing
with numerous amendments of legal norms. After the period of mimicking
western solutions, the Russian NGOs became a power that must be taken into
account by the Russian decision-makers.
Research into the potential correlation between presidential electoral advert...Emma Morris
This document summarizes Emma Morris's dissertation research into the potential correlation between presidential electoral advertisement spending by the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States and the number of votes, states, and elections won. The research analyzes spending and election results data from the 2004, 2008, and 2012 presidential elections. Databases were created to organize spending amounts by state and calculate averages in order to determine if higher spending corresponds to greater electoral success.
The document summarizes the activities of the Centre UA organization in 2014. It discusses how Centre UA helped coordinate the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, which brought together over 300 experts and activists to develop reforms for Ukraine. Centre UA also advocated for these reforms, organized events to promote them, and maintained communication channels. The document outlines how Centre UA worked to increase transparency and accountability of government bodies through initiatives like CHESNO during the elections.
Bourdieu was the first to conceptualize social capital, seeing it as resources derived from social networks. Coleman focused on how social capital contributes to human capital through norms and trust. Putnam emphasized how social capital strengthens community and civic engagement but can be reduced by diversity. This dissertation will examine how Polish migrants in the UK build social networks and social capital considering these theories, analyzing experiences, identity, media and industry roles.
The document provides an overview of the major areas of activity and projects carried out by the Organization in 2015, which included increasing transparency and accountability of public authorities, promoting civic engagement, developing freedom of speech and access to information, and ensuring sustainable institutional development. Key projects discussed include the CHESNO civic movement, Strong Communities of Donetsk Region, Freedom of Speech and Access to Public Information, and Reanimation Package of Reforms. The document also provides financial reporting and analysis of the Organization's development and strategic planning.
Politburo 2.0: Can Putin's Inner Circle Survive the Crisis?Olga Kuzmina
1) Politburo 2.0 functions as an informal network of Putin's inner circle who distribute sectors of management without formal meetings.
2) Key members remain decision makers in government through staff turnover, preserving stable elite groups' governance.
3) Putin personally controls energy, foreign policy, defense, and law enforcement, while others oversee domestic politics, social policy, finance, and infrastructure.
Politburo 2.0: Can Putin's Inner Circle Survive the Crisis?Olga Kuzmina
The document discusses Putin's inner circle known as "Politburo 2.0". It provides the following key points:
1. Politburo 2.0 functions as an informal network structure without formal meetings, where members offer management schemes within their areas of competence and redistribute resources to preserve stable elite groups.
2. Putin maintains personal control over key sectors like energy, defense, and law enforcement, while domestic politics and other areas are distributed among Politburo 2.0 members.
3. The influence of Dmitry Medvedev and Igor Sechin, former opposing figures, has diminished, while other members like Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Ivanov, and the Rotenbergs
One page to understand who's governing in China in 2016: political bodies and people.
Specific focus on the financial industry (Central bank, regulators...)
The Origin of the non-governmental sector in Russia during the presidencies o...Maciej Behnke
Apart from the public (first) and business (second) sectors, the third sector is one
of the pillars constituting the modern democratic society. All the social interests
are concentrated within the third sector and they are being implemented by the
numerous non-governmental organizations cooperating with the state as well
as business world. The birth of the third sector in Russia can be associated with
the beginning of Mikhail Gorbachev reforms called the perestroika. The mental
changes that the Russian society underwent influenced by the policy of glasnost
led to the origin of public involvement into the social and political life, taking
upon the role of the often ineffective state. The degree to which the citizens were
involved in the activity of the NGOs was first of all associated with their quality
of life and it depended on the attitude of the decision-makers towards the idea
of social organizations. The time of Boris Yeltsin presidency was characterized
by two phenomena: a drop in the standard of living accompanied by the
intensification of criminalization within the public life and the positive attitude
towards the introduction of the third sector. After the new president assumed
the post, the approach of the new authority changed in a negative way and
the politics implemented led to gaining full control over public associations.
The so-called liberalization of the law in respect to the third sector was only
a display of Kremlin’s political will and did not signify serious treatment of the
principles of the democratic and civic society. The third sector, one of the pillars
supporting the civil society is at present in the state of consolidation, dealing
with numerous amendments of legal norms. After the period of mimicking
western solutions, the Russian NGOs became a power that must be taken into
account by the Russian decision-makers.
Research into the potential correlation between presidential electoral advert...Emma Morris
This document summarizes Emma Morris's dissertation research into the potential correlation between presidential electoral advertisement spending by the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States and the number of votes, states, and elections won. The research analyzes spending and election results data from the 2004, 2008, and 2012 presidential elections. Databases were created to organize spending amounts by state and calculate averages in order to determine if higher spending corresponds to greater electoral success.
The document summarizes the activities of the Centre UA organization in 2014. It discusses how Centre UA helped coordinate the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, which brought together over 300 experts and activists to develop reforms for Ukraine. Centre UA also advocated for these reforms, organized events to promote them, and maintained communication channels. The document outlines how Centre UA worked to increase transparency and accountability of government bodies through initiatives like CHESNO during the elections.
Bourdieu was the first to conceptualize social capital, seeing it as resources derived from social networks. Coleman focused on how social capital contributes to human capital through norms and trust. Putnam emphasized how social capital strengthens community and civic engagement but can be reduced by diversity. This dissertation will examine how Polish migrants in the UK build social networks and social capital considering these theories, analyzing experiences, identity, media and industry roles.
The document provides an overview of the major areas of activity and projects carried out by the Organization in 2015, which included increasing transparency and accountability of public authorities, promoting civic engagement, developing freedom of speech and access to information, and ensuring sustainable institutional development. Key projects discussed include the CHESNO civic movement, Strong Communities of Donetsk Region, Freedom of Speech and Access to Public Information, and Reanimation Package of Reforms. The document also provides financial reporting and analysis of the Organization's development and strategic planning.
Politburo 2.0: Can Putin's Inner Circle Survive the Crisis?Olga Kuzmina
1) Politburo 2.0 functions as an informal network of Putin's inner circle who distribute sectors of management without formal meetings.
2) Key members remain decision makers in government through staff turnover, preserving stable elite groups' governance.
3) Putin personally controls energy, foreign policy, defense, and law enforcement, while others oversee domestic politics, social policy, finance, and infrastructure.
Politburo 2.0: Can Putin's Inner Circle Survive the Crisis?Olga Kuzmina
The document discusses Putin's inner circle known as "Politburo 2.0". It provides the following key points:
1. Politburo 2.0 functions as an informal network structure without formal meetings, where members offer management schemes within their areas of competence and redistribute resources to preserve stable elite groups.
2. Putin maintains personal control over key sectors like energy, defense, and law enforcement, while domestic politics and other areas are distributed among Politburo 2.0 members.
3. The influence of Dmitry Medvedev and Igor Sechin, former opposing figures, has diminished, while other members like Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Ivanov, and the Rotenbergs
One page to understand who's governing in China in 2016: political bodies and people.
Specific focus on the financial industry (Central bank, regulators...)
I. Nature, Origin and Basis of International Law.
The Emergence of International Law, Early European Authors, The Nation-State
System, The Enforcement of International Law, The Effectiveness of International
Law, The Weakness of International Law, The Juridical Basis of International law,
The Future of International law and Material Sources of International Law.
II. Relation between International Law and State Law.
Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, Primary Sources of
International Law, Subsidiary Sources of International Law, International Soft Law
III. State in General and Recognition
Personality and Statehood in International Law, The Subjects of International
Law, Recognition of State and Government in International Law, Recognition of
State and Government in National Law.
IV. The Law and Practice as to Treaties
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
V. The Settlement of International Disputes.
Negotiation, Mediation and Good Offices, Inquiry, Settlement by the United
Nations, Conciliation, Arbitration, The International Court of Justice.
VI. International Humanitarian Law.
International and Non-International Armed Conflicts, Non-International Armed
Conflict, ‘Combatant’ and ‘Protected Persons’, Protection of Wounded, Sick and
Ship-Wrecked Persons, POWs, Civilians, Limitations on the Conduct of War,
Limits on the Choice of Methods and Means of Warfare.
VII. The Use of Force
The Law before the UN Charter, The Law after the Charter, The Collective Use of
Force, The Right of Self-Defence.
VIII. International Institutions
IX. State Territorial Sovereignty.
X. State Responsibility.
XI. State Jurisdiction.
XII. Succession to Rights and Obligations.
XIII. The State and the Individual.
XIV. The State and the Economic Interest.
XV. Diplomatic Envoys, Counsels and other Representatives.
XVI. War, Armed Conflicts and other Hostilities.
XVII. Neutrality.
MAIN TRENDS IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF SOCIOPOLITICAL PROCESSES IN UKRAINE IN 2014-...DonbassFullAccess
The document analyzes trends in media coverage of socio-political events in Ukraine from 2014 to 2017 based on monitoring by NGO Detector Media. It finds that for many years, the political views expressed by private Ukrainian TV channels have been defined by the interests of their oligarchic owners rather than objective journalism. Following Ukraine's 2014 revolution, some channels began transforming into public broadcasters, but oligarchic media groups still dominate the landscape. The monitoring found violations of journalism standards increased in news coverage, especially invited commentary that censored opposing views. Overall the analysis shows oligarchic influence and lack of strong public media have hampered quality coverage of political issues important to Ukrainian society.
The document summarizes developments in Russian media from the 2000s. It notes that greater financial stability and the rise of the internet led to growth for media organizations. However, the government tightened its control over television, ensuring that the three largest stations were state-controlled. Print media experienced declining revenues but greater diversity of opinion than television. Radio remained concentrated among a few networks. The internet became widely accessible and popular sites like LiveJournal and Mail.ru emerged, though traditional media still dominated consumption. Blogging grew as a platform for freer speech than traditional outlets allowed. Overall, television remained most influenced by the state while print and internet allowed for more independent voices.
The key persons – Politburo 2.0 members - do not fall out of the Putin orbit. These people remain as the key decision makers in the Government. There is staff turnover in the Government so as in the regions but the Politburo 2.0 holds levers of control tightly.
The media environment in Azerbaijan is still developing after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. While over 3,700 newspapers are registered, only around 30 publish daily or weekly. Journalists face pressure, threats, and imprisonment for their reporting, especially those who are critical of the government. Online media is growing in popularity among younger generations. Several universities offer journalism education, but more resources and experienced teachers are still needed to improve the quality of programs.
This document provides a summary of a weekly intelligence report on the latest activities of the Chinese Communist Party. It discusses propaganda work, United Front work, Party discipline, the Central Military Commission, and other topics. The report is produced by David Gitter and aims to provide context and analysis on China through the lens of the CCP using Chinese language sources. It covers various meetings, appointments, and directives issued by the CCP and its related organizations during the period from April 25th to May 1st, 2016.
After the relatively successful system transformation, some young democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe which used to receive democratic
aid in the 1980s and 90s have engaged as new donors in assisting pro-democratic
changes in other post-communist countries. The donor-recipient relations between
two post-communist countries can be observed on the example of the development
of cooperation between Poland and Ukraine. This paper deals with Polish assistance
to new media in Ukraine in from 2007-2017 as a part of supporting democracy in
Ukraine under the Polish Cooperation Development Program. Firstly, this work examines whether the Polish government’s support of Ukrainian media as part of cooperation development will be sustained regardless of changes in the Polish government.
Secondly, the paper explores whether Polish NGOs tailor their projects, financed
by the Polish MFA, to the recipients’ respective needs and the current situation in
Ukraine. By examining Polish media assistance, the authors aim to explain the efforts
of the new donor in developing media in a partner country, emphasizing the relation
between the involvement of external actors and the presence of independent media
which play an important role in democratization processes.
This document is a weekly intelligence report from Party Watch focusing on activities of the Chinese Communist Party. It provides summaries of CCP propaganda efforts, United Front work, disciplinary actions, and other topics. Key points included Xi Jinping meeting with Prince Andrew and emphasizing environmental protection, guidelines to regulate China's cultural market and protect ideological security, and a former CMC vice chairman confessing to taking bribes. The report aims to provide context on China through the lens of the CCP.
This document provides a summary of a weekly intelligence report on the latest activities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It discusses the establishment of an innovation partnership between China and Switzerland, meetings between Chinese and Nigerian leaders, and the Chinese State Council's report on U.S. human rights issues. It also covers United Front work to manage diverse intellectuals, Party discipline rules, a CMC vice chairman's visit to the Spratly Islands, and Xi Jinping's comments on protecting cultural relics during economic development.
For this assignment there are going to be 4 Discussion Posts. 1-.docxAKHIL969626
For this assignment there are going to be 4 Discussion Posts.
1- In your first post, define, describe, and analyze the issue of intellectual property theft by the Chinese government and its agents; this persistent problem is part of the Trump administration’s current China trade policies. Cite all required readings including, MacKinnon, Lindsay and Cheung and other articles, as well as videos.
2- In your second post, define, describe, and analyze the case of Shi Tao and how cyber espionage and internet policy have been employed as tools of Chinese internal security policy against dissidents, as discussed in McKune. Cite relevant readings and videos, and also refer to Pei’s ideas about “selective repression” (pp. 81-83); “containing social unrest (pp. 83-84); and “responding to the information revolution” (84-88).
3 & 4 In your third and fourth posts, continue to define, describe, and analyze topics of your choice based on the Week 4 assigned readings and videos.
Note: All the posts have to be based on the sources (Articles and videos provided on this document below)
Chinese journalist Shi Tao released after 8 years in prison. By Jessica King, CNN, September 8, 2013
https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/world/asia/shi-tao-journalist-free/indexTo.html
Dispatches: Shi Tao and the Dangers of China’s State Secrets Laws. By Phelim Kine, Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch, September 11, 2013.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/11/dispatches-shi-tao-and-dangers-chinas-state-secrets-law
Criticism of Yahoo! Read only section 3: Work in the People’s Republic of China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Yahoo!
Topic: Democratizing China?
Pei, Minxin. China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of DevelopmentalAutocracy. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2008. Ch. 2, Democratizing China? pp. 45-95 (50 pages). Available online as an E-Book from the Utica College Library website
Required Videos: total viewing time appx. 24 mins
How China Steals US Technology for Profit. China Uncensored. (11:09 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNobp7OnlJw
China Hacking USA? Are They Stealing Intellectual Property? (13:23 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGp4OrZ3TMc
How much has the US lost from China’s IP theft? By Sherisse Pham, March 23, 2018, CNN.com article
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/23/technology/china-us-trump-tariffs-ip-theft/index.html
Trump’s actions send a clear message: China’s era of intellectual property theft is over. By Michael Wessel and Jim Talent, Opinion Contributors, March 31, 2018, USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/31/donald-trump-china-intellectual-property-theft-column/458320002/
Discussion Post Sample:
The "Panopticon Effect" is a method used by the government of China to keep citizens in check at all times possible. In her book, MacKinnon describes the Panopticon Effect as a way to " give prisoners credible proof that they are under surveillance some of the time, though not ...
Urban Topic- Cycpercities and china's censorshipNicole Muth
The document summarizes China's censorship of the internet and how it affects social activism and democracy in the country. It discusses how social activists now use modern technologies like social media to organize and spread information faster. While this has helped activism, it has also complicated matters for China, which is not a democracy and strictly censors the internet. The censorship aims to prevent foreign democratic ideas from inspiring calls for political change among Chinese citizens. As internet use grew in China, so did government restrictions on content and service providers to maintain control over the flow of information and activism online.
Help Writing Narrative Essays - Plagiarism Free Best PaJaclyn Creedon
This document discusses human trafficking in the United States. It notes that around 15,000 people are trafficked in the US each year, half of which are children. While many countries are working to address trafficking, it questions whether US efforts are sufficient given the large numbers still affected. It also aims to dispel myths, noting that while sex trafficking is most common, forced labor is another form of trafficking.
The document discusses the services provided by the website HelpWriting.net for writing assignments. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account; 2) Submit a request with instructions and deadline; 3) Review bids from writers and select one; 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment; 5) Request revisions until satisfied. It notes the site uses a bidding system and guarantees original, high-quality work with refunds for plagiarism.
This document provides a literature review and conceptual framework for a dissertation examining how five protest movements used social media for the End Austerity Now demonstration on June 20th, 2015 in London. It reviews literature on social media and protest movements, case studies on this topic, and literature on the anti-austerity movement. It introduces the conceptual framework of examining protest movements' social media usage through the lenses of affordances, constraints, and self-mediation logics. The study aims to understand how differences in movements influence their social media strategies through interviews with representatives from the Socialist Workers Party, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, People's Assembly Against Austerity, PandoActive, and the Green Party.
Can Social Networks Create Social Capital in Politics FINALAndres Obando
This document is a thesis presented by Andrés Esteban Obando Rojas to the Universidad San Francisco de Quito examining whether social networks can create social capital in politics. The thesis will compare how social networks have influenced politics in Ecuador, the US, and Egypt. It will analyze factors like internet penetration, education levels, and citizen participation. The thesis argues that social capital can be generated on social networks if certain conditions are met, such as political engagement of users and events that encourage online participation. It aims to determine how social networks develop differently in societies and their impact on political activities and movements.
This document provides an overview of the key findings from Freedom House's report "Freedom on the Net". The report evaluates internet freedom in 15 countries based on obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights. The main findings are:
1) Access to and usage of the internet and mobile phones has grown exponentially in recent years, but this has been met with new threats to internet freedom like increased censorship and prosecution of users.
2) Censorship of online content exists in all 15 countries and targets political content in 11 countries. Censorship is taking diverse forms and private companies are increasingly involved.
3) Lack of transparency and accountability are issues across democratic and authoritarian countries regarding censorship
Media are the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. The term refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news media, photography, cinema, broad casting (radio and television) and advertising.
Biased journalist or biased news channel shows that all policies and steps of government or apolitical party is always right, they do not criticize government for their wrong work and this will harm the democracy or country because criticism is the backbone of democracy, criticism keeps the government on right track, and media is the fourth pillar of democracy, media keeps democracy alive.
The document summarizes a reading assignment and class discussion on the political economy of journalism. It discusses how ownership, advertising revenue, and regulation can influence media content. The lecture covered four theories of the press and challenges like media ownership concentration and laws constraining what can be published. The main seminar discussion centered around where power lies in journalism and how ownership can control media. Political, economic, and social factors were identified as constraints on journalists.
I. Nature, Origin and Basis of International Law.
The Emergence of International Law, Early European Authors, The Nation-State
System, The Enforcement of International Law, The Effectiveness of International
Law, The Weakness of International Law, The Juridical Basis of International law,
The Future of International law and Material Sources of International Law.
II. Relation between International Law and State Law.
Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, Primary Sources of
International Law, Subsidiary Sources of International Law, International Soft Law
III. State in General and Recognition
Personality and Statehood in International Law, The Subjects of International
Law, Recognition of State and Government in International Law, Recognition of
State and Government in National Law.
IV. The Law and Practice as to Treaties
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
V. The Settlement of International Disputes.
Negotiation, Mediation and Good Offices, Inquiry, Settlement by the United
Nations, Conciliation, Arbitration, The International Court of Justice.
VI. International Humanitarian Law.
International and Non-International Armed Conflicts, Non-International Armed
Conflict, ‘Combatant’ and ‘Protected Persons’, Protection of Wounded, Sick and
Ship-Wrecked Persons, POWs, Civilians, Limitations on the Conduct of War,
Limits on the Choice of Methods and Means of Warfare.
VII. The Use of Force
The Law before the UN Charter, The Law after the Charter, The Collective Use of
Force, The Right of Self-Defence.
VIII. International Institutions
IX. State Territorial Sovereignty.
X. State Responsibility.
XI. State Jurisdiction.
XII. Succession to Rights and Obligations.
XIII. The State and the Individual.
XIV. The State and the Economic Interest.
XV. Diplomatic Envoys, Counsels and other Representatives.
XVI. War, Armed Conflicts and other Hostilities.
XVII. Neutrality.
MAIN TRENDS IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF SOCIOPOLITICAL PROCESSES IN UKRAINE IN 2014-...DonbassFullAccess
The document analyzes trends in media coverage of socio-political events in Ukraine from 2014 to 2017 based on monitoring by NGO Detector Media. It finds that for many years, the political views expressed by private Ukrainian TV channels have been defined by the interests of their oligarchic owners rather than objective journalism. Following Ukraine's 2014 revolution, some channels began transforming into public broadcasters, but oligarchic media groups still dominate the landscape. The monitoring found violations of journalism standards increased in news coverage, especially invited commentary that censored opposing views. Overall the analysis shows oligarchic influence and lack of strong public media have hampered quality coverage of political issues important to Ukrainian society.
The document summarizes developments in Russian media from the 2000s. It notes that greater financial stability and the rise of the internet led to growth for media organizations. However, the government tightened its control over television, ensuring that the three largest stations were state-controlled. Print media experienced declining revenues but greater diversity of opinion than television. Radio remained concentrated among a few networks. The internet became widely accessible and popular sites like LiveJournal and Mail.ru emerged, though traditional media still dominated consumption. Blogging grew as a platform for freer speech than traditional outlets allowed. Overall, television remained most influenced by the state while print and internet allowed for more independent voices.
The key persons – Politburo 2.0 members - do not fall out of the Putin orbit. These people remain as the key decision makers in the Government. There is staff turnover in the Government so as in the regions but the Politburo 2.0 holds levers of control tightly.
The media environment in Azerbaijan is still developing after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. While over 3,700 newspapers are registered, only around 30 publish daily or weekly. Journalists face pressure, threats, and imprisonment for their reporting, especially those who are critical of the government. Online media is growing in popularity among younger generations. Several universities offer journalism education, but more resources and experienced teachers are still needed to improve the quality of programs.
This document provides a summary of a weekly intelligence report on the latest activities of the Chinese Communist Party. It discusses propaganda work, United Front work, Party discipline, the Central Military Commission, and other topics. The report is produced by David Gitter and aims to provide context and analysis on China through the lens of the CCP using Chinese language sources. It covers various meetings, appointments, and directives issued by the CCP and its related organizations during the period from April 25th to May 1st, 2016.
After the relatively successful system transformation, some young democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe which used to receive democratic
aid in the 1980s and 90s have engaged as new donors in assisting pro-democratic
changes in other post-communist countries. The donor-recipient relations between
two post-communist countries can be observed on the example of the development
of cooperation between Poland and Ukraine. This paper deals with Polish assistance
to new media in Ukraine in from 2007-2017 as a part of supporting democracy in
Ukraine under the Polish Cooperation Development Program. Firstly, this work examines whether the Polish government’s support of Ukrainian media as part of cooperation development will be sustained regardless of changes in the Polish government.
Secondly, the paper explores whether Polish NGOs tailor their projects, financed
by the Polish MFA, to the recipients’ respective needs and the current situation in
Ukraine. By examining Polish media assistance, the authors aim to explain the efforts
of the new donor in developing media in a partner country, emphasizing the relation
between the involvement of external actors and the presence of independent media
which play an important role in democratization processes.
This document is a weekly intelligence report from Party Watch focusing on activities of the Chinese Communist Party. It provides summaries of CCP propaganda efforts, United Front work, disciplinary actions, and other topics. Key points included Xi Jinping meeting with Prince Andrew and emphasizing environmental protection, guidelines to regulate China's cultural market and protect ideological security, and a former CMC vice chairman confessing to taking bribes. The report aims to provide context on China through the lens of the CCP.
This document provides a summary of a weekly intelligence report on the latest activities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It discusses the establishment of an innovation partnership between China and Switzerland, meetings between Chinese and Nigerian leaders, and the Chinese State Council's report on U.S. human rights issues. It also covers United Front work to manage diverse intellectuals, Party discipline rules, a CMC vice chairman's visit to the Spratly Islands, and Xi Jinping's comments on protecting cultural relics during economic development.
For this assignment there are going to be 4 Discussion Posts. 1-.docxAKHIL969626
For this assignment there are going to be 4 Discussion Posts.
1- In your first post, define, describe, and analyze the issue of intellectual property theft by the Chinese government and its agents; this persistent problem is part of the Trump administration’s current China trade policies. Cite all required readings including, MacKinnon, Lindsay and Cheung and other articles, as well as videos.
2- In your second post, define, describe, and analyze the case of Shi Tao and how cyber espionage and internet policy have been employed as tools of Chinese internal security policy against dissidents, as discussed in McKune. Cite relevant readings and videos, and also refer to Pei’s ideas about “selective repression” (pp. 81-83); “containing social unrest (pp. 83-84); and “responding to the information revolution” (84-88).
3 & 4 In your third and fourth posts, continue to define, describe, and analyze topics of your choice based on the Week 4 assigned readings and videos.
Note: All the posts have to be based on the sources (Articles and videos provided on this document below)
Chinese journalist Shi Tao released after 8 years in prison. By Jessica King, CNN, September 8, 2013
https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/world/asia/shi-tao-journalist-free/indexTo.html
Dispatches: Shi Tao and the Dangers of China’s State Secrets Laws. By Phelim Kine, Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch, September 11, 2013.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/11/dispatches-shi-tao-and-dangers-chinas-state-secrets-law
Criticism of Yahoo! Read only section 3: Work in the People’s Republic of China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Yahoo!
Topic: Democratizing China?
Pei, Minxin. China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of DevelopmentalAutocracy. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2008. Ch. 2, Democratizing China? pp. 45-95 (50 pages). Available online as an E-Book from the Utica College Library website
Required Videos: total viewing time appx. 24 mins
How China Steals US Technology for Profit. China Uncensored. (11:09 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNobp7OnlJw
China Hacking USA? Are They Stealing Intellectual Property? (13:23 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGp4OrZ3TMc
How much has the US lost from China’s IP theft? By Sherisse Pham, March 23, 2018, CNN.com article
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/23/technology/china-us-trump-tariffs-ip-theft/index.html
Trump’s actions send a clear message: China’s era of intellectual property theft is over. By Michael Wessel and Jim Talent, Opinion Contributors, March 31, 2018, USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/31/donald-trump-china-intellectual-property-theft-column/458320002/
Discussion Post Sample:
The "Panopticon Effect" is a method used by the government of China to keep citizens in check at all times possible. In her book, MacKinnon describes the Panopticon Effect as a way to " give prisoners credible proof that they are under surveillance some of the time, though not ...
Urban Topic- Cycpercities and china's censorshipNicole Muth
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1. Trends in communication
Social network and the censure in China
SaloinJamilHussain – IBS2B – S1072688
Julien Charrier – IBS2A – S1072571
2. Summary
China is the second largest economy of the world and undoubtedly, an influent
country in the world. Being the largest population of the world, China is also the world's
biggest army and has nuclear weapon. China is a dictatorship directed only by one
unique party, the communist party. The Popular Republic of China is an authoritarian
regime that applies a censorship policy.
The censorship is present in the medias infrastructure and the Chinese
communist party doesn’t allow any form of organization standing against him.
The Chinese censorship is applying, of course on Internet and on social
network as well. China has the world’s largest population of Internet users, so we can
deduce easily that there isa whole censorshipsystem which applying to make works this
one. We can note that china has the censorship system the most sophisticated in the
world. The censorship goes up until prohibited foreign social network, to change them
by their own social network with regulation and standards according with Chinese
censorship. This social networks are different than the common social networks in the
occidental world but it’s keeping the principle of micro-blogging and are actually
administered by companies which develop their marketing by this way. Despite all, we
can notice that the social networks are more used in China than in any country of the
world in term of percentage.
We observe that this phenomenon impact the Chinese population behaviour but
apply equally some pressure on them which take off their all expression freedom en
public.
Moreover, it’s difficult to escape to the measures of Internet control because of
the too weak resistance; the censorship is even accepted and ensured by a part of the
population, we can observe that because the cyber-controller job is a quite common job
in China. But the contestation is present, it’s proving by the intervention that the Chinese
authorities have to do to arrest the cyber-dissidents, confiscated material and close
definitely some websites or even some companies.
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3. The policy of Internet management, medias and social networks is completely
different in China comparing to the rest of the world. The censorship is in fact used to
the fight of the communist government against the Chinese dissidents who are disagree
with the policy of the party on the power.
The social networks, until now, observed like a new expression public place in
the occidental world, its considered in an completely different way in China, the Chinese
censorship policy plays a significantrole on this new trend creating two different
development way. This Chinese censorship policy could probably doesn’t influence only
China but also the rest of the world by encouraging the others countries to do the same
as China with their social networks. But it could disappear as well and leave the place to
the freedom occidental system. We can also guess that both of the systems could coexist
like what happen with American’s search engines which works in China with the
regulation in force in China.
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4. Foreword
The history of China lasted over four millennia. Nowadays, China is the second
largest economy and one of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the
United Nation. It is also the world's largest exporter and has nuclear weapons, the
largest army in the world and the second largest military budget. Governed by the
Chinese Communist Party, China has adopted a "socialist market economy" where
capitalism and authoritarian political control coexist in a specific formula. The
Constitution of the People's Republic of China defines it as "a socialist state of people's
democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers
and peasants."
The Popular Republic of China adopted its actual constitution the 4th of
December 1982.In the terminology of political science, the PRC was a communist state
for much of the twentieth century and is still considered as such by many observers. It is
difficult to characterize the nature of the political structure of the PRC. The main issue
about the interior policy is the censure.
Censorship is now normal in the entire media infrastructure and the Communist
Chinese Party responds promptly to all organizations it sees as a threat to the regime, as
was the case during the events of Tiananmen. However, the repression that the CCP uses
or attempts to operate has its limits. Today's media have freedom of action, even
without concerted goal publicly exposed many problems from corruption and
inefficiency in the framework of the Party.
While protests against the Party are illegal, they regularly occur at the local level,
are sometimes tolerated, and it is their media which in turn are prohibited. There is a
propaganda ministry that applies censorship means of expression, including on the
Internet. The Film Office maintains control over the distribution of films: for example it
is withdrawing U.S. theatres on Da Vinci Code film in June 2006.
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5. Table of content
Summary..............................................................................................................................................2
Foreword .............................................................................................................................................4
Table of content ................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................6
Problem Statement ..........................................................................................................................7
Methodological justification .........................................................................................................8
Results ..................................................................................................................................................9
What are the statistics about using and comparison? ........................................................... 9
What are the different social network and their using? ..................................................... 10
The censure Chinese politic is it accepted by population? .................................................. 10
The censure Chinese politic is it really working?................................................................... 11
How the censure Chinese politic does influence social networks? ................................... 11
Reference list .................................................................................................................................. 13
Attachments..................................................................................................................................... 14
Search Plan ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Presentation ..................................................................................................................................... 16
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6. Introduction
The censure’s issue in China is a very controverted problem for all people in the
world. Indeed, all people know the Chinese’s past with a strong communist power, a
kind of dictatorship, and a lot of problems with the population as Tibet’s issue.
Nowadays, China is one of the most important countries in the world whereas on the
other hand there are again big troubles with the population.
This is one of our reasons to choose this subject. Chinese’s issues isn’t concerned
just the Chinese population but all people over the world. We choose also this subject
because we have a lot of knowledge for Chinese’s issue with our study. For example, in
Business school we have a lot of studies about censorship, freedom of expression, politic
in China, etc…
The other reason is that this subject is very controverted in France. Indeed, with
declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens wrote in 1789, the freedom of
expression is one of our fundamental rights. So, in our opinion, the censorship is the
main issue in China and it’s why we choose this subject..
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7. Problem Statement
A social network is a set of several individuals connected from a link of social
interaction. Nowadays, we can see different kind of social networks. They multiplied on
Internet and there are present in the entire world. In China, the authorities practice a
system of censorship on the social networks in order to control them.
The goal of this report is the give an answer for our main question:
How the censure Chinese politic does influence social networks?
To answer this main question, we have a plan that will allow having a global view
of this issue. Indeed, in the results part, we will answer our four sub-questions. The first
sub-question is: What are the statistics about using and comparison? The second is:
What are the different social media in China and their using? The third is: The censure
Chinese politic is it accepted by population? And the last sub-question is: The censure
Chinese politic is it really working?
The main question will answer by on one hand from the different sub-question
and on the other hand from the last part, with the result of the main question. In
attachment, we can find the reference list with all the different sources used to make this
report. Moreover,we can find a copy of our oral presentation in class.
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8. Methodological justification
To compose our file, we used the informations available on ELO in order to be
able to have an idea about how we are going to structure our report. After having found
our main topic, we had transposed it in a main question and divide the subject in several
sub questions. With Google Scholar, we had find various sources in order to be able to
have more information about our subject, mainly with political actuality articles but also
in a political study websites which it helped us to know more about our subject.
We had, equally sought your help by E-mail in order to be more lighted about
how we are going to advance in our report. Moreover, the case of China and its
censorship policy on Internet and social networks is an interesting subject for us and we
read about it several articles in political news magazines. After having analysed the sub
questions and the multitude sources that we found, we decided to divide the different
tasks in two parts to be able to organize the information’s and structure the form of the
report.
When we finished the report, we reflected about how we are going to present our
subject and we looked for a video on internet which it’s going to help us to explain the
information’s that we found before in a simple and quick way. Then, we finished our
power point by adding some representative photos of our subject.
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9. Results
In China, as in the rest of the world, social networks are presents too but because
of the policy and internal Chinese system, we can see that this country has a particular
method of management about social network with more or less important influence on
the behaviour of Chinese population.
What are the statistics about using and comparison?
China is the first country in online terms with 597 million users meaning 42% of
the Chinese population; 420 million Chinese people go to Internet with mobile.
The social networks domination on Internet is very wide and the case of China is
not an exception, 91% of the Internet users have a count on at least one social network
against only 67% in USA.
Despite social network integration in the Chinese society, we can say that China is
the country with the most control of Internet environment by using a three hundred
thousands of agents of cyber control and also efficient virtual spy system. In 2007, the
Chinese government had make close 44000 website, more than 860 peoples had been
arrested to have been accused for cyber pornography and 50 Chinese cyber dissidents
have been in jail in 2008. The Chinese rules impose the censorship of all the clips with
anti-Beijing content. That’s making China the country with the most sophisticated
mechanism in terms of control associated to measures of the authoritarian regime.
This requirement of the Chinese policy on the internet and social networks
control create a substantial Chinese market in the field of cloud, in 2009, this market
recorded a revenue of 1.5 billion American dollars and reached 10 billion dollars in
2012, which make itself very substantial and its becoming an interesting investment
area in China.
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10. What are the different social network and their using?
In China, there are several kinds of social networks destined to different targets.
Each user, in function of the age, familial or Professional situation will has more trend to
use some kind of social network.
It must know that because of the strong presence of the censorship on Internet in
China called « Great Firewall of China », several social networks that we known in USA
and in Europe are simply blocked in China. We can quote the example of Facebook,
Twitter or YouTube. That’s why that the companies have developed their own social
networks and they are the most famous in China. Nowadays, in 2013, the most famous
social network in China is called Weibo which is an micro blogging system which look
likes a lot to Twitter, with 400 million users, this allows to follow actuality of the others
count users and tweet in real time. Weibo is very used also for marketing what
influences intensively the Chinese consumer in the shop decision. Chinese people follow
in average 8 brands on the social networks. But Weibo is also used for people actuality,
informations and political criticism while under intensive control of Chinese authority.
But others social networks are different from the point of view of the using, which it
doesn’t limit Chinese people to applied on only on social network. We can see this
phenomenon with QQ, social network, which is destined mainly to the teenagers and its
consist to an instant messaging system where the user create his proper environment
and a personal representation elaborated, during the listing, the user choose his avatar
in a catalogue, few avatars are payable and in limited series which insure a big diversity
of profiles which decorated with accessories, the most of the time payable, to have a
custom page. They are more than 200 million count on QQ in China.
The censure Chinese politic is it accepted by population?
The policy of Chinese censorship is omnipresent in the minds of users. The
question is in the conditions in which people can express themselves, that is to say,
essentially how the censorship exercised on the one hand and turned away from the
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11. other.There is a study of Synthesio “Social Media in China” in January 2011 who
interviews a Chinese blogger but He wanted to keep anonymity. For him, “news social
networks are created to offer other solutions for Chinese population: Renren for
Facebook, Sina Weibo for Twitter or Youku for Youtube”. So, China is known for its
copycat’s products, and we can see that social media isn’t an exception. He explains also
that professional bloggers plays the main role in the introduction of freedom of
expression. Their knowledge and skills allow getting around the censor barrier.
The censure Chinese politic is it really working?
The social network is a way to express Chinese population opinion in this
pressure context. In fact, China has the most efficient virtual spy system in the world for
Internet that include social network. A Chinese teacher said in a French article of
Hermes in 2009 «I think today there is a lot of pressure at work. For example, I, as a
teacher I have a very high pressure. Especially when my husband works, and it does not
fit, when he leaves me alone, I'm on the Internet, and I say what I have on the heart, it is
a way to release the pressure.»
How the censure Chinese politic does influence social networks?
While Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, still a marginal
phenomenon in China. In fact, only 0,04% of the Chinese population uses Facebook.
Nevertheless, it would not be a matter of preference of the users but simply access.
Indeed, the Chinese government has introduced in 1998 the Great Firewall of China, in
order to monitor and censor the web for its inhabitants. Thus, the Director of the Board
of Chinese information, Wang Chen, said that 350 million informations, both text as
photos or videos, were blocked in 2010 on the Chinese web.
The access to most of the great Western social networks as well as many news
sites is restricted or impossible, unless you go through proxy servers. These servers
guarantee the anonymity of the user. The few Chinese members on Facebook are often
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12. citizens who have lived or studied abroad and who wish to maintain links with these
communities, but if we want to integrate in China, you must choose on Chinese social
networks. With the Chinese censorship system present on internet so in the social
network, the Chinese political influence, control and limit the complete exploitation of
social medias in the Chinese virtual world.
Indeed, we saw that the internet users in China have not the access to the same
social network as in occidental countries, thereby, Facebook, Tweeter, Youtube are
substituted by proper local social media of China like Weibo, Qzone, Wechat, etc.
Chinese authorities are succeeded to get from the foreign company’s of the
technology sector which Yahoo, Google or Microsoft, some agreements in order to filter,
censor and to screen some words judged problematic like “freedom”, “democratize”,
“liberal China” or even “censorship”.
But Chinese authorities don’t stop there, they operate physically and they even go
up arrest the cyber dissident, Amnesty international is full of political prisoners lists.
The Internet police scans often permanently the communications in social networks and
Internet website and practices an intense watch in cyber cafes where they organises
some raids.
Chinese authorities are not the own to make respect the censorship, they benefits
of the work of thousands civilians, entrepreneurs and access suppliers who agrees to
make respects the rules and works to make efficient the censorship system. Is added to
it the acceptation from the giant American company’s of search engines to adapt to the
filter Chinese norms.
The Chinese policy is influent but it doesn’t act alone, it is supported by a
big part of the population who accepts but also by foreign parties who seek to reach the
wide Chinese audience. All the cyber controllers in China are called the fifty cents army
because they earn fifty cents per messages found.
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13. Reference list
-Kshetri, N. (2012). “Les activitésd’espionage électroniques et de contrôled’Internet: Le cas de la
Chine”, Téléscope, vol. 18, n°1-2, p. 169-187.
-Feng, P. (1994). “Between freedom and subsistence: China and human right”, Hong Kong Law
Journal, vol. 24, n°3, p. 445-450
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emergence of the Chinese City 2.0 », in FOTH, M. Handbook of research on urban informatics: the
practice and promise of the real-time city, Hershey (Pennsylvanie, USA),
-Leung, JCB. (2003), « Social security reforms in China: Issues and prospects ». International
Journal Of Social Welfare, 2003, v. 12 n. 2, p. 73-85
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What Happens Online,” Wired (23 October), at
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14. Attachments
Search Plan
I.
Outline demarcation of the subject
Period: 1998 – 2012
Place: China
Language: English
II.
Orientation to the subject
Keywords
Authors
Key articles
Censure in
China
Douzet, F
Les frontièreschinoises de
l’Internet : la croissancefulgurante
de l’internet en Chine. Hérodote :
La découverte
Censure social
networks china
VEROT, O
Sina Weibo: Gestion de compte,
marketing sur Weibo…
Fabry, P.
SHANG, D.,
DOULET, J-F.,
KEANE, M.
Censure politic
China
Leung, JCB
Feng, P
La Chine et les réseauxsociaux.
Tourisme-tic
Urban informatics in China,
exploring the emergence of the
Chinese City 2.0
Social security reforms in China:
Issues and prospects
Between freedom and subsistence:
China and human right
Censure
Internet China
III.
Kshetri, N.
Organisations
International
Journal Of Social
Welfare
Hong Kong Law
Journal
Les activitésd’espionage
électroniques et de
contrôled’Internet: Le cas de la
Chine
List of search terms and definitions
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15. Most important keywords: Censure in China, censorship in China, Social media in China,
Chinese censure politic, censure Internet China.
IV.
Search in catalogues, databases, Internet
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de l’Internet : la
croissancefulgurante de
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Y
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N
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Urban informatics in
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Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Social security reforms in
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prospects
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Y
N
Y
Y
Y
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Leading journal?
Renowned publisher?
Leading author?
Content
Up to date publication?
Relevant publication?
Presentation
Social Network and
Censure in China
Saloin Jamil Hussain – IBS2B
Julien Charrier – IBS2A
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