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22. Internet Governance in China: A Content Analysis

Authors : Feng Yang, Milton L. Mueller

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Local Governance in Contemporary China

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Using content analysis, this chapter explores the policy-making trends for Internet governance in China. It examines the manner by which policy changes over time, the different policy-making agencies in the country, and the various application scopes and topical focuses of policy. This chapter aims to determine the distribution of key policy decisions over different policy-making agencies and which policy issues receive the most attention from China’s government in its efforts to regulate the Internet.

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See “Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world” http://​tech.​sina.​com.​cn/​i/​2005-07-19/​1038666886.​shtml.
 
2
A cyber citizen (wangmin) is defined by the CNNIC as any Chinese citizen aged six or older who has used the Internet in the past half year.
 
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State Council Information Office (2010, June 8). The Internet in China. Retrieved from http://​english.​gov.​cn/​2010-06/​08/​content_​1622956_​2.​htm.
 
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In the first plenary session of the 12th National People’s Congress in March 2013, the government decided to merge the SARFT and GAPP to form a new regulatory body, the State Administration of Press, Publications, Radio, Film, and Television. The new agency falls under the purview of the NCAC. The SARFT, GAPP, and NCAC have their own websites.
 
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C14: NAPSS, as an institution, is responsible for protecting classified information; it does not have its own website.
 
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State Council (25 September 2000). Measures for the Administration of Internet information services. Retrieved from http://​tradeinservices.​mofcom.​gov.​cn/​en/​b/​2000-09-25/​18565.​shtml.
 
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Metadata
Title
Internet Governance in China: A Content Analysis
Authors
Feng Yang
Milton L. Mueller
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
The Palgrave Handbook of Local Governance in Contemporary China

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-2798-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-2799-5

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2799-5_22