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As the internet has grown steadily more ubiquitous, it has come to play an increasingly important role in the government, the economy, society, and daily life in China.
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The Chinese term for “scarf,” weibo, is a homonym for “microblog,” also weibo. “Knitting scarves” here is a play on “building one’s microblog fan base”.—translator’s note.
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The physical location of China’s central government.—translator’s note.
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Liu Pengfei, Chen Ning, et al., “2011 Sina Government Microblog Report,” People.cn Public Sentiment Monitoring Office, December 2011. http://yuqing.people.com.cn/GB/16575758.html.
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Du, P., Yu, S., Yang, D. (2019). Online Political Participation: Establishing New Mechanisms for Interaction Between the Government and the Public. In: Du, P., Yu, S., Yang, D. (eds) The Development of E-governance in China. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1014-0_6
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