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Media Transparency in China - Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality (Hardcover): Baohui Xie Media Transparency in China - Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality (Hardcover)
Baohui Xie; Foreword by Mobo Gao
R2,797 Discovery Miles 27 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book argues that the gap between the official transparency rhetoric and the censorship reality has demonstrated the discrepancy between what the Party is and what it claims to be. Such a discrepancy is manifested by the reality that the reformed news industry, a hybrid of market-oriented commercialization and party-state control, has largely failed to deliver either the voice of the disenfranchised groups or the value of journalism. To observe the discrepancy, this book investigates the role of transparency in the Chinese news media. Media transparency, which goes beyond the issue of censorship and press freedom, has been undermined by the consensus reached between the party-state and the media on political and market control. It is this mutually accommodating and benefiting scheme between power and profits that has been hollowing out the substance of the transparency rhetoric and distorting the Marxist idea of press freedom as freedom for all. This book argues that the cause of such a gap between rhetoric and reality is rooted in the disjuncture of political representation of both the party-state and the profit-seeking media.

Constructing China - Clashing Views of the People's Republic (Hardcover): Mobo Gao Constructing China - Clashing Views of the People's Republic (Hardcover)
Mobo Gao
R3,096 R2,167 Discovery Miles 21 670 Save R929 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world. In light of this phenomenon, how are our understandings of China produced? From West to East, Mobo Gao interrogates knowledge production; rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between the Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism. By examining issues such as the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment and neoliberalism, national interest vested in Western scholarship, representations of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and the South China Sea, the book asks: how is contemporary China constructed? By dissecting the political agenda and conceptual framework of commentators on China, Gao provocatively urges those not only on the Right, but also on the Left, to be self-critical of their views on Chinese politics, economics and history.

Media Transparency in China - Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality (Paperback): Baohui Xie Media Transparency in China - Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality (Paperback)
Baohui Xie; Foreword by Mobo Gao
R1,282 Discovery Miles 12 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book argues that the gap between the official transparency rhetoric and the censorship reality has demonstrated the discrepancy between what the Party is and what it claims to be. Such a discrepancy is manifested by the reality that the reformed news industry, a hybrid of market-oriented commercialization and party-state control, has largely failed to deliver either the voice of the disenfranchised groups or the value of journalism. To observe the discrepancy, this book investigates the role of transparency in the Chinese news media. Media transparency, which goes beyond the issue of censorship and press freedom, has been undermined by the consensus reached between the party-state and the media on political and market control. It is this mutually accommodating and benefiting scheme between power and profits that has been hollowing out the substance of the transparency rhetoric and distorting the Marxist idea of press freedom as freedom for all. This book argues that the cause of such a gap between rhetoric and reality is rooted in the disjuncture of political representation of both the party-state and the profit-seeking media.

The Battle For China's Past - Mao and the Cultural Revolution (Paperback): Mobo Gao The Battle For China's Past - Mao and the Cultural Revolution (Paperback)
Mobo Gao
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

--Shows that the Mao era was benficial for most Chinese citizens-- "A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a brave polemic against the fashionable view on China. ... Aims a knockout blow at Jung Chang's recent book on Mao, which Bush and the conservatives rave-reviewed." Gregor Benton, Professor of Chinese History, University of Cardiff "This important book opens a much needed window onto Chinese perceptions of the country's post-Mao direction. ... Highlights the renewal of popular support for socialism and the growing opposition to contemporary state policies." Martin Hart-Landsberg, Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As China embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being surgically denigrated by the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the extremely negative depiction of China under Mao in recent publications and argues most people in China, including the rural poor and the urban working class, actually benefited from Mao's policy of a comprehensive welfare system for the urban and basic health and education provision for the rural, which is being reversed in the current rush towards capitalism. By a critical analysis of the mainstream account of the Mao era and the Cultural Revolution and by revealing what is offered in the unofficial e-media debates this book sets the record straight, making a convincing argument for the positive effects of Mao's policies on the well-being of the Chinese people.

Different Histories, Shared Futures - Dialogues on Australia-China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Mobo Gao, Justin O'Connor,... Different Histories, Shared Futures - Dialogues on Australia-China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Mobo Gao, Justin O'Connor, Baohui Xie, Jack Butcher
R3,791 Discovery Miles 37 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book delves into the Australia-China relationship, which is currently is at its worst since 1972 when the two countries first established a diplomatic relationship. Australia is seen by the US and its front line ally in fight against Chinese economic coercion and expansionism. Derived from an international symposium organized by the editorial team and held in Adelaide, South Australia in September 2021, these essays are an attempt to offer some understanding and explanations for the deterioration of Sino-Australian ties. It is also an attempt to explore the ways by which the two countries can reach some common ground for the future. Most of all the content is relevant to our future, the future that can avoid a war hot or cold, between a rising power of China and the status quo power of the West. Can we have shared but different futures? These questions will be of interest to scholars of international relations, history, and globalization.

Constructing China - Clashing Views of the People's Republic (Paperback): Mobo Gao Constructing China - Clashing Views of the People's Republic (Paperback)
Mobo Gao
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world. In light of this phenomenon, how are our understandings of China produced? From West to East, Mobo Gao interrogates knowledge production; rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between the Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism. By examining issues such as the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment and neoliberalism, national interest vested in Western scholarship, representations of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and the South China Sea, the book asks: how is contemporary China constructed? By dissecting the political agenda and conceptual framework of commentators on China, Gao provocatively urges those not only on the Right, but also on the Left, to be self-critical of their views on Chinese politics, economics and history.

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