3. To Comply or to Resist? The Intermediaries’ Dilemma

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction: Pluralism and Cyberpolitics in China 1
5. 2. Harmonizing the Internet: State Control Over Online Expression 29
6. 3. To Comply or to Resist? The Intermediaries’ Dilemma 55
7. 4. Pop Activism: Playful Netizens in Cyberpolitics 77
8. 5. Trolling for the Party: State-Sponsored Internet Commentators 101
9. 6. Manufacturing Distrust: Online Political Opposition and Its Backlash 130
10. 7. Defending the Regime: The “Voluntary Fifty-Cent Army” 152
11. 8. Authoritarian Resilience Online: Mismatched Capacity, Miscalculated Threat 175
12. Appendix 193
13. Notes 197
14. Bibliography 273
15. Index 305