China's telecommunications revolution
by Harwit, Eric
"This book tells how China conducted its remarkable "telecommunications revolution". It examines both corporate and government policy to get citizens connected to both voice and data networks, looks at the potential challenges to the one-party government when citizens get this access, and considers the new opportunities for networking now offered to the people of one of the world's fastest growing economies." "The book is based on the author's fieldwork conducted in several Chinese cities, as w…
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- Full title :China's telecommunications revolution / Eric Harwit.
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"This book tells how China conducted its remarkable "telecommunications revolution". It examines both corporate and government policy to get citizens connected to both voice and data networks, looks at the potential challenges to the one-party government when citizens get this access, and considers the new opportunities for networking now offered to the people of one of the world's fastest growing economies." "The book is based on the author's fieldwork conducted in several Chinese cities, as well as extensive archival research. It focuses on key issues such as building and running the country's Internet, mobile phone company rivalry, foreign investment in the sector, and telecommunications in China's vibrant city of Shanghai. It also considers the country's internal "digital divide", and questions how equitable the telecommunications revolution has been. Finally, it examines the ways the PRC's entry to the World Trade Organization will shape the future course of telecommunications growth."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2008.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
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- Description:xvii, 249 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199233748, 0199233748
- oclc:ocn181926010
- LC Classification:HE8424
- Dewey Decimal:384.0951
Table of Contents
Industrial policy and the Chinese telecommunications industry -- Telecommunications competition in the 1990s and 2000s -- China's Internet and government policy -- Building the network : the role of telecommunications equipment companies -- Telecommunications in Shanghai : a case focus on the municipal government's role -- The digital divide of telephones and the Internet -- Industrial policy and lessons of the telecommunications revolution.
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