Jens Damm, Assistant Professor, Freie Universität Berlin. “The Chinese Diasporic Cyberspace: Overseas Chinese Essentialism vs. Hybrid Transnationalism”Trained as a traditional Sinologist, focuses now on discourses on the internet. Mentions specifically, two trends: 1) Re-emergence of strong links between new migrants in the diaspora and China in the form of a strong China-centered nationalistic diaposra + [...]

Lokman Tsui begins by describing the Great Firewall as a “cute” term. He intends to examine the effects this concept has on policy in the U.S.. Zogby did a poll asking Americans if they believe China will inevitably change with the Internet in a phone survey of about 1200 people. How many people said yes? [...]