Abstract: Impacts of Social Media on the Chinese Governance
In 2008, China surpassed the U.S – not in economic size or military spending – in how many people are online. In 2011, there were 565 million English internet users, compared to 510 million Chinese...
View Article“Twitter Revolution”: From Arab Spring to China
Internet has played a prominent role supporting the angry, young (and many of them unemployed) protestors in Arab countries to confront their authorities. When thousands of Egyptians were called to...
View ArticleDevelopment of Weibo (microblog) in China and Its Effects
Sorry for the delay of my second post (realizing that there have been less than a week to work on my third). Research is incomplete without unpredictability. The second post took longer than I thought...
View ArticleSocial Media and China: Some Additional Notes
To the stability-obsessed Chinese government, social media is one of the most destabilizing factors in the 21st century. Soon after Tunisia and Egypt’s revolutions broke out, a group of followers...
View ArticleChina and Weibo: Summary
As an International Relations major, I am interested in Chinese politics and foreign policy. Therefore I lavished both of my Monroe researches on topics about China – you are very welcome to check-out...
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