Internet in China: an emerging society

The constantly increasing role of the Internet in the Chinese political, social, and economic sphere makes the study of its impact of great importance. It is influenced by socio-cultural factors, like, cultural identity, State policy and other media. The functioning of the internet as a true ‘boundary-less space’ has to be reconsidered when a Communist country like China is to be examined. The internet is not only a political tool but also a social tool. The amalgamations of these factors are constructing new trajectories for State-society relationship in China.

This research work argues that, in closed regimes like that of China, though the internet is heavily guarded by the State authorities, yet it is breaking boundaries of political and social decorum, thus giving rise to new phenomenon, like the emergence of a networking society.