China's Digital Authoritarianism: A Governance Perspective

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Acknowledgments Contents Abbreviations List of Figures 1 Building Digital Authoritarianism: From the Great Firewall to the New IP China’s Control-Driven Internet Model Content Control Data Protection Technical Standards The Party-State Relationship How the Global Internet Is Governed Exploring China’s Digital Authoritarianism Sources and Methods Organisation and Structure References 2 Authoritarian Governance and China’s Party-Centric Model Academic Research on Authoritarian Governance Authoritarianism in the Digital Age Contending Perspectives on Authoritarian Governance in China The Emergence of PCG References 3 Internet Governance During the Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao Eras Early Efforts at Regulating the Internet in China The Great Firewall The Hu Era of Internet Policy Censorship and the Manipulation of Online Opinion The Rise of Social Media China’s Institutional Landscape for Internet Governance The First Internet White Paper References 4 Digital Authoritarianism in the Xi Jinping Era Building Party-Centric Institutional Capacity in the Internet Sector A Suite of New Internet Laws Cybersecurity Law Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law Cryptography Law and Algorithm Management Regulations Content Control and Propaganda References 5 The Party-Led Internet Economy The Rise of China’s Internet Giants Increasing Party-State Encroachment on the Private Sector The Emergence of a Party-Led Internet Economy Increasing Regulation of the Internet Companies Power Over Data References 6 China’s Digital Authoritarianism Goes Global Early Frictions Over Technical Governance of the Internet: The Case of ICANN The China-Russia Strategic Approach to Global Internet Governance From Standards-Taker to Standards-Maker The Case of WAPI China and International Standard-Setting Organisations The New IP References 7 Conclusion References Index