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Online Political Participation: Establishing New Mechanisms for Interaction Between the Government and the Public

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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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    “Achievements, Problems, and Responses of Online Government in Guangdong,” speech given by Beijing Normal University professor of political science Shi Xuehua at the Third China Online Government Symposium (in Huizhou), oeeee.com, September 23, 2012. http://wen.oeeee.com/a/20120923/1051317.html.

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    “The Key to Online Political Participation is Accountability,” speech given by Peking University School of Journalism and Communication Associate Professor Hu Yong given at the Second “Online Political Participation and Public Sentiment Monitoring Summit,” people.cn, September 21, 2012. http://www.ddcpc.cn/2012/09/21/59294.html.

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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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    “Sina Government Microblog Report, First Half of 2012,” People.cn Public Sentiment Monitoring Office, July 2012.

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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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    Staff reporter Li Xiuting and intern Liu Qiuxiang, “Avoiding Shutdown in Online Political Participation After the Departure of an Individual,” Nanfang ribao, October 30, 2012.

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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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