Danna Li
In 1978, Chinese government has carried out the economic reform. With the development of economy, China has encountered the booming of information and communication technology from the mid-1990s. Statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center survey have showed the rapid development of Internet in terms of Internet users and online penetration in China. Compared with traditional media that allows only a few individuals ‘to speak out’, the Internet enables multidirectional communication. The decentralized nature of the Internet has the potential to allow Internet users to express their opinions, especially about politics.
