The document discusses the profound impact of the internet on China, highlighting the rapid growth of users, particularly among the youth, and the emergence of bloggers. It examines the interplay between state control and grassroots movements, showcasing various instances of online activism and censorship. Additionally, it emphasizes the challenges and opportunities presented by China's unique approach to internet governance and international engagement.

1. How is the Internet Changing China?
How is China Changing the Internet?
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING PROJECT
SAIS, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON DC (MAY 7, 2010)
Min Jiang (Ph.D.) | Twitter: @mindyjiang
Assistant Professor, Communication, UNCC
2009-2010 Annenberg Fellow, Center for Global Communication Studies
University of Pennsylvania

2. Internet Adoption in China

3. Chinese Internet: An Overview
 400 million Internet users (CNNIC, 2010; Reuters, 2010)
 2/3 under age 30
 182 million bloggers (almost ½ of China’s netizens)
 700 million mobile phone users (½ of Chinese population)
 117 million Internet mobile phone users
Photos courtesy of MinnPost.Com, eChinaCities.com

4. Fragile Superpower
Photo TOP: http://www.indiantvtoday.com/wp-
content/uploads/2008/08/beijing-olympics080808.jpg
Photo MIDDLE: http://unn.people.com.cn/GB/88607/11143350.html
Photo BOTTOM: http://www.flickr.com/photos/melody_am/1061440660/in/set-
72157594475249707/

5. Fragile Superpower Online

6. “We Chinese Need to be Controlled”?
Jackie Chan:
Media quoted me out
of context
Dai Qincheng: (HK)
Netizens demand
Jackie Chan be sent
to North Korea
(reprint)
Han Han:
Read the Emperor’s
mind like Jackie Chan
ChinaNet, douban, Sina Blog (April 23, 2009)

7. Authoritarian Deliberation
Patriotism + Legitimacy-based Performance
Photo LEFT: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33673641@N00/1251068537 Photo RIGHT: http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/14/content_8168699.htm

8. Premier Wen Jiaobao Online Chat
知屋漏者在宇下，
知政失者在草野。
He who knows the
leakage of a house
lives under the roof.
He who knows the
mishandling of a
state is among the
populace.
Online chat with Chinese netizens: February 27, 2010

9. Net Advantage vs. State Advantage
Photos TOP: The Prospect Magazine
Photo BOTTOM LEFT: MediaBistro
Photo BOTTOM RIGHT: EvgenyMorozov.com

10. Control 1.0 & 2.0

11. Regulating Commercial Sites
Image TOP LEFT: http://www.leedominic.com/
Image BOTTOM LEFT: XinhuaNet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2007-08/29/content_6625132.htm
Image RIGHT: Heredict Q blog
http://blog.myneverland.org/archives/844

12. River Crabs vs. Grass Mud Horse

13. Online Grassroots Discourse
 Rights
 Exposure
 Nationalism

14. Rights: Chongqing Nail House 2007
Image TOP : Eastwood Zhao.com
http://www.eastwoodzhao.com/stubborn-nail-house-demolished/
Image RIGHT: CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2007/03/26/nailhouse-censor.html

15. Rights: Deng Yujiao 2009
Punish Sex Offenders
Release Deng Yujiao
Shame on
Badong Police
Sources: The Guardian, EastSouthWestNorth, Tianya BBS

16. Rights: Taking a Stroll in Xiamen 2007
Guard Harmonious Xiamen
Reject Petrochemical Pollution

17. Rights: Panyu “We Are Not to Be Represented” 2010
Anti-Garbage
Incineration

18. Rights: Green Dam Youth Escort 2009

19. Exposure: Cat Abuser 2006
“Human Flesh Search”
Sources:
Photos TOP: Top 15 Amazing ly Fat Cats
http://offbeatstuff.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-15-amazingly-fat-cats.html
Photos RIGHT:
Netease BBS http://bbs.163.com

20. Exposure: Housing Administrator Sacked 2008
What is he smoking?! It’s Nanjing
Tobacco Co.’s most expensive
cigarettes! 1500 RMB per carton!
Sources:
TOP: XinhuaNet, RIGHT: CQNews.net

21. (Self-) Exposure: Guangxi Tobacco Chief Sex Diary 2010
Sources:
TOP: Yahoo! CN News, RIGHT: eChinaCities

22. Nationalism Online: Anti-CNN

23. Who is Winning?

24. Shishou Mass Unrest 2009:
If Suppression Is Not The Way Forward…
Photo TOP: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-
07/09/content_8403394.htm
Photo Middle: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20090621_1.htm
Video BOTTOM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5K7U-
TFDY0&feature=player_embedded

25. Ethnic Riots in Xinjiang 2009: Telecom Disconnect
Sources:
TOP: BBC

26. Google Inc. vs. Chinese Gov.
Photo TOP: PortlandMercury
Photo RIGHT: Reuters

27. Is “Scaling the Wall” the Ultimate Solution?

28. Getting “Real” on CN Internet 2010
“The Internet is an open
information system. As long
as Chinese Internet connects
with the international web,
harmful information of all
kinds will find its way to our
domestic websites. So long
as Chinese Internet is open
to the public, all sorts of
netizen remarks will
emerge.”
-- Wang Chen,
State Council
Information Office

29. The GFW & The Real Wall
Photos LEFT: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-
11/ff_chinafirewall?currentPage=all
Photo Above: http://www.mobinode.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/internet-cafe.jpg

30. Micro Power, Big World
Source:
Photo TOP & RIGHT: Danwei.org