With contributions from mainland China, Singapore, India, the United States, and Europe.
Part I Proactive and Reactive Stances towards the Internet —Internet in China and Southeast Asia
1. The Internet and Civil Society in China and Southeast Asia. Shanthi Kalathil, pp. 31-46
2. Telecom Taxonomy: How are the One Party States of East Asia Controlling the Political Impact of the Internet? Nina Hachigian, pp. 47-80
Part II Social and Economical Impacts
3. Digital Divide and E-Learning – Chances and Problems in China’s Approach. Junhua Zhang, pp. 81-108
4. The Reality and Potential of Online Trading in China. Haifeng Huang / Ren Ma / Lin Jian / John Liang, pp. 109-120
5. Internet Use in China – A Comparative Analysis. Guo Liang / Bu Wei, pp. 121-144
Part III Globalization and the Clash of Civilizations
6. Accession to the WTO and the Development of China’s Digital Media. Xupei Sun, pp. 145-164
7. The Internet Transforms China into an "Open Society". Martin Woesler, pp. 165-187
Part IV Nation-Building and Information Warfare
8. Assessing China´s Efforts in Constructing an e-government. Peter Lovelock / John Ure, pp. 187-211
9. Is the “wolf” coming? - An empirical study on cultural in-formation spread on Chinese websites. Peng Lan, 212-230
10. Technology, Markets and Nation-Building in Chinese Cyber-space. Christopher R. Hughes, pp. 231-246.
11. Between Rhetoric and Reality – A Critical Examination of the Theories and Praxis of Information Warfare in China in the Light of Post-Iraq War 2003. Junhua Zhang, pp. 247-270.
Part V Governance and Information Policy
12. Development of E-government in China – Present Status, Problems, and Future. Xinjiao Tan, pp. 271-294.
13. Internet Censorship Focus: 'Human Rights not found' in the Chinese Web. Martin Woesler, pp. 295-325
Index etc.
Excerpt How to access blocked sites from within China. (To be quoted only with reference to the source © Martin Woesler: "Internet censorship focus: 'Human Rights not found' in the Chinese web", Zhang Junhua, Martin Woesler eds., China's digital dream, Bochum: The University Press Bochum 2002, 274 pp., 239-268: 259)
"[.] Go to http://www.freepublicproxies.com/ and [.] follow the instructions there to access the internet through an anonymous proxy server from abroad. (You may substitute “freepublicproxies” with “stayinvisible”, “anonymitychecker”, “findproxy”, “proxy4free”, “allproxies”, “proxymania”, “publicproxyservers”, “proxytester”, “pgzone”, “proxymatrix”.)
1. Choose an anonymous proxy server from the list (e.g. 210.255.111.19).
2. Internet Explorer: Click "Service" > "Internet Options" > "Connections". [Version 5.x and later: Click "LAN Settings" in the "Local Area Network (LAN) Settings"] Enable "use a proxy server". In fields "Address" and "port" type proxy name (e.g. 210.255.111.19) and proxy port (here: 80). If necessary enable "bypass proxy server for local addresses".
3. Netscape Communicator: Click "Edit" > "Preferences". Click "Category" > "Advanced" > "Proxies". Set "Manual proxy configuration". Click "View" at "Manual proxy configuration". Set proxies for following protocols: HTTP, FTP, etc."
