[CC] Chinese Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing's Counter-Strategies

[George(s) Lessard]

Chinese Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing's Counter-Strategies 
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1543/  

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You've Got Dissent! Chinese Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing's Co=
unter-
Strategies

 Michael S. Chase, James C. Mulvenon 

  $20.00, (paperback, 130 pp.)
  ISBN: 0-8330-3179-1
  MR-1543, =A9 2002

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Contents

Preface

Figures and Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Acronyms

Chapter One: POLITICAL USE OF THE INTERNET IN CHINA

Introduction
The State of the Internet in China
The State of Unsanctioned NGOs Inside China
Use of the Internet
Measuring Success
Future Trends

Chapter Two: GOVERNMENT COUNTERSTRATEGIES

Beijing's Dilemma: Control versus Modernization
The Nature of the Chinese Information Security Environment
Counterstrategies
Measuring Success
Future Trends

Appendix: Dissident Web Sites

References

Summary:
An analysis of the political use of the Internet by Chinese dissidents, bo=
th in 
the PRC and abroad, and the counterstrategies that Beijing has employed to=
 
prevent or minimize its impact. Although PRC officials have responded to t=
he 
increased use of the Internet with predominantly traditional measures, the=
y 
have been relatively successful. No credible challenges to the regime exis=
t at 
present, despite the introduction of a massive modern telecommunications 
infrastructure. However, time may be on the side of the regime's opponents=
. 
(JDL) 

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