TY - CHAP
T1 - Identity vs anonymity
T2 - Chinese netizens and questions of identifiability
AU - Farrall, Kenneth
AU - Kurt Herold, David
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In the spring of 2007, citizens of Xiamen became concerned over a new 11 billion Yuan (USD$1.4 billion) chemical plant to be built in the city’s Haicang district. Although the project had overwhelming support from the city government, citizens in Xiamen were able to make use of Internet bulletin boards, emails and short messaging services to organize a public protest of more than 10,000 people at the city centre on 1 and 2 June, leading to the temporary abandonment and eventual halting of the project.
AB - In the spring of 2007, citizens of Xiamen became concerned over a new 11 billion Yuan (USD$1.4 billion) chemical plant to be built in the city’s Haicang district. Although the project had overwhelming support from the city government, citizens in Xiamen were able to make use of Internet bulletin boards, emails and short messaging services to organize a public protest of more than 10,000 people at the city centre on 1 and 2 June, leading to the temporary abandonment and eventual halting of the project.
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U2 - 10.4324/9780203828519
DO - 10.4324/9780203828519
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9780415565394
T3 - Media, culture, and social change in Asia
SP - 165
EP - 183
BT - Online Society in China
A2 - Herold, David Kurt
A2 - Marolt, Peter
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -