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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.
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.
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.
--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.
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.
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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