Cyber China: Reshaping National Identities in the Age of Information (Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy)

The essays in this volume explore the new power struggles created in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong through information technology. The contributors analyze the interaction between the development of information technologies and social logic on the one hand and processes of unification and fragmentation on the other. They seek to highlight the strategies of public and private actors aimed at monopolizing the benefits created by the information society - whether for monetary gain or bureaucratic consolidation - as well as the new loci of power now emerging. The book is organized around two main themes: One exploring societal change and power relations, the second examining the restructuring of Greater China's space. In so doing, the book seeks to shed light on both the state formation process as well as international relations theory. The Various Chapters In This Volume Shed Light On Public And Private Actors' Strategies Aiming At Monopolizing Benefits Provided By The Information Society, Be It For Government Regulation Purposes Or For Private Enrichment. It Also Explores The New Power Poles That Are Consequently Emerging. Beyond The Historicity Of Each Process, The Authors Show How The Development Of The Knowledge Economy Contributes, Though Often In A Highly Ambivalent Way, To Both Unification And Fragmentation On Very Different Scales.--book Jacket. New Information Technologies And The Reshaping Of Power Relations : An Approach To Greater China's Political Economy / Françoise Mengin -- Speaker's Corner Or Virtual Panopticon : Discursive Construction Of Chinese Identities Online / Karsten Giese -- Cyberspace And The Emerging Chinese Religious Landscape--preliminary Observations / David A. Palmer -- The Changing Role Of The State In Greater China In The Age Of Information / Françoise Mengin -- Controlling The Internet Architecture Within Greater China / Christopher R. Hughes -- Government Online And Cross-straits Relations / Patricia Batto -- The Internet And The Changing Beijing-taipei Relations : Toward Unification Or Fragmentation? / Chin-fu Hung -- The Information Technology Industry And Economic Interactions Between China And Taiwan / Barry Naughton -- Global Networking And The New Divsion Of Labor Across The Taiwan Straits / Tse-kang Leng -- Informational Capitalism And The Remaking Of Greater China : Strategies Of Siliconization / Ngai-ling Sum -- Urban Assemblages : An Ecological Sense Of The Knowledge Economy / Aihwa Ong. Edited By Françoise Mengin. Conference Held At The Centre D'etudes Et De Recherches Internationales In Paris, Dec. 16-17, 2002. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. New information technologies and the reshaping of power relations : an approach to greater China's political economy / Françoise Mengin Speaker's corner or virtual panopticon : discursive construction of Chinese identities online / Karsten Giese Cyberspace and the emerging Chinese religious landscape preliminary observations / David A. Palmer The changing role of the state in greater China in the age of information / Françoise Mengin Controlling the Internet architecture within greater China / Christopher R. Hughes Government online and cross-straits relations / Patricia Batto The Internet and the changing Beijing-Taipei relations : toward unification or fragmentation? / Chin-fu Hung The information technology industry and economic interactions between China and Taiwan / Barry Naughton Global networking and the new divsion of labor across the Taiwan Straits / Tse-Kang Leng Informational capitalism and the remaking of "Greater China" : strategies of siliconization / Ngai-Ling Sum Urban assemblages : an ecological sense of the knowledge economy / Aihwa Ong. Rapid socioeconomic changes undoubtedly have been taking place in China in the last 20 years.