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Networking China - The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy (Paperback)
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Networking China - The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy (Paperback)
Series: Geopolitics of Information
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In recent years, China 's leaders have taken decisive action to
transform information, communications, and technology (ICT) into
the nation's next pillar industry. In Networking China , Yu Hong
offers an overdue examination of that burgeoning sector's political
economy. Hong focuses on how the state, in conjunction with market
forces and class interests, is constructing and realigning its
digitalized sector. State planners intend to build a more
competitive ICT sector by modernizing the network infrastructure,
corporatizing media-and-entertainment institutions, and by using
ICT as a crosscutting catalyst for innovation, industrial
modernization, and export upgrades. The goal: to end China's
industrial and technological dependence upon foreign corporations
while transforming itself into a global ICT leader. The project,
though bright with possibilities, unleashes implications rife with
contradiction and surprise. Hong analyzes the central role of
information, communications, and culture in Chinese-style
capitalism. She also argues that the state and elites have failed
to challenge entrenched interests or redistribute power and
resources, as promised. Instead, they prioritize information,
communications, and culture as technological fixes to make
pragmatic tradeoffs between economic growth and social justice.
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