Communication research in Asia has a long tradition, comparable to what has been
accomplished in the West. According to Chu (1988), the field of communication studies was …

As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for
controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be …

The Chinese government has long been suspected of hiring as many as 2 million people to
surreptitiously insert huge numbers of pseudonymous and other deceptive writings into the …

China has gone global, but most China experts in the American academic community have
gone local, moving in the opposite direction. As Shambaugh has observed rightly,'big …

While it is often assumed that authoritarian regimes inevitably fear and restrict media
independence, permitting watchdog journalism can actually help such regimes maintain …

This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship
between the media and politics. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition …

This study examines the role of the media in sustaining regime stability in an authoritarian
context. The article engages the recent work on authoritarian resilience in comparative …

Who watches over the party-state? In this engaging analysis, Maria Repnikova reveals the
webs of an uneasy partnership between critical journalists and the state in China. More than …

The success or failure of China's development will impact not only its own citizens but also
those of the world. China is widely recognized as a global actor on the world stage and no …

Traditional analyses of political liberalization in China focus on elections or other facets of
democratization. But they cannot account for the fact that although China remains …