THE CHINESE POLITICICAL SCENE ONTO WHICH THE INTERNET ENTERS

"Deng on his 80th birthday at the Beidaihe beach." No date. ChineseBusinessWorld.com. 21 Jan. 2008 <http://www.cbw.com/asm/xpdeng/contents.html>.

“The Internet may be new, but its challenge to the Chinese leadership is not. Balancing openness with control has been the central challenge for the Chinese Communist Party since Deng Xiaoping began his policy of “reform and opening up” in 1979” (32).

“One of Deng’s favorite sayings in the early 1980’s was: “If you open the window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in.” The regime has thus far been successful at flyswatting: not all of the “flies” have been swatted, but enough problems have been managed to keep the regime in power” (32).

MacKinnon, Rebecca. “Flatter world and thicker walls? Blogs, censorship and civic discourse in China.” Public Choice 134.1 (2008): 31-46.