A new approach to the geopolitics of Chinese internets

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2022.2136856

J. Qiu, Philip S. Yu, Elisa Oreglia

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT This introductory essay summarizes how our understanding of Chinese internets – in the plural – has shifted in the past two decades. The incumbent approach sees ‘Chinese tech’ as a unitary and statist monolith, an incomplete view whose utility has declined. By contrast, the articles in this special issue collectively substantiate a novel geopolitical approach that analyzes ‘Chinese internets’ as internally diverse and externally border-crossing; as both public (governmental and non-governmental) and private (e.g., corporate); as discursive and policy entanglements beyond the dichotomy of multistakeholderism and multilateralism; and as global, regional, and local formations that are connected to, but not entirely constrained by, their national counterparts. Pluralist and multilayered, this new approach to analyzing Chinese techno-geopolitics shall provide a better fit for contemporary internet research involving state and nonstate actors in China, including Chinese companies operating both overseas and globally.

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中国互联网地缘政治研究的新途径

这篇介绍性的文章总结了过去二十年来我们对中国互联网的理解(以复数形式)是如何变化的。现有的方法将“中国科技”视为一个统一的、中央集权的庞然大物，这是一种不完整的观点，其效用已经下降。相比之下，本期特刊的文章共同证实了一种新的地缘政治方法，将“中国互联网”分析为内部多样化和外部跨界;公共(政府和非政府)和私人(如公司);作为超越多利益相关者主义和多边主义二分法的话语和政策纠缠;作为全球性的、区域性的和地方性的组织，它们与国家的组织相互联系，但不完全受其制约。这种多元和多层次的分析中国技术地缘政治的新方法将更好地适用于涉及中国国家和非国家行为体(包括在海外和全球经营的中国公司)的当代互联网研究。

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来源期刊

Information Communication & Society Multiple-

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

4.80%

发文量

110

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