China in the Information Age - Telecommunications and the Dilemmas of Reform

Sommario

Foreword
Summary
Introduction
Chinese Reform and the Information Economy
Channeling Growth into the National Hierarchy: The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Socialist Competition: Lian Tong and the Golden Projects
Privatization, with Chinese Characteristics
Controlling the Computer: China Confronts the Internet
Trade and Foreign Investment
Conclusion: Principles and Scenarios
Appendixes
Index

Info autore

MILTON MUELLER is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University. In 1995, he was visiting scholar in the Department of Information and Systems Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In both sites he teaches courses on telecommunications technology, policy, economics, and on Internet and electronic commerce. Since 1989, he has published several studies of international and national telecommunications policy issues in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. His book International Telecommunications in Hong Kong: The Case for Liberalization was published by the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research in 1991 and won the Sir Anthony Fischer Memorial Prize for policy research.

ZIXIANG TAN is Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. He has worked in the telecommunications field for more than ten years in China, Europe, and the United States, specializing in telecommunications regulation and policy, new technology development, and issues related to developing countries. He spent more than four years in Chinese central government agencies responsible for telecommunications and information industry development, policy, and regulation, and he has published several journal articles on telecommunications in China.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Milton Mueller, Zixiang Tan, Zixiang Tan
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.12.1996
• EAN: 9780275958282
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95828-2
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Development Studies, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics