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political impact, but stresses that Mi Meng had to shut down her business because of concerns by officials. The chapter offers a nuanced discussion of the interplay between political and economic concerns of an important Internet user that supports the network of visibility approach of Shaohua Guo’s book with many details. The book’s strength lies in the collection of large amounts of data into representative snapshots of specific developments of the Internet in China. In particular, the sections on Furong Jiejie, Mu Zimei, Han Han and Mi Meng are worth reading for the breadth and depth of materials presented. The book is let down, though, by the many mistakes and omissions it contains. User statistics are quoted without dates, historical developments are presented with mixed up timelines, the text contains numerous factual errors, ultimately rendering it unreliable as a source of knowledge about the general evolution of the Internet in China.