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Yang, Guobin.

The power of the internet in China : citizen activism online / Guobin Yang.

p. cm. — (Contemporary Asia in the world)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14420-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-14421-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-51314-2 (e-book)

1. Political participation—Technological innovations—China.

2. Internet—Political aspects—China.

3. Internet—Social aspects—China. 4. Internet—China.

I. Title. II. Series.

JQ1516.Y35  2009

303.48′330951—dc22        2008049149

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