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[ecrea] New Book: Networking China

Fri Jan 20 23:49:55 GMT 2017



New book:

Networking China

The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy

YU HONG


A political economy of China’s new digital capitalism

“In great detail and with the careful refl ection of a seasoned scholar, Yu Hong

describes the astounding growth of digital technology in China and its complex

and powerful ramifi cations at home and abroad.”

—Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World


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.


Here is a link to the book's page:____

http://go.illinois.edu/s17hong <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__go.illinois.edu_s17hong&d=DwMFAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=X7VJY9cyYHEn-s2ZmCqR7Q&m=ZhMHUQU15IO_7OUPwBlRZnY_1nBmn9WRititLm480Xw&s=b0dm_JkPhiFIyHdbrZLdND7UZhdl_ArhO1PyxCxW3eI&e=>


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