After eight years of explosive growth, there are now almost as many internet users in China as there are members of the 70-million-strong Communist Party. China's "information elite," the largely urban, educated, professionals who are China's internet surfers, are becoming a force of equal size to the ruling political power base. What will this new center of power mean for the transformation of Chinese society?
After eight years of explosive growth, there are now almost as many internet users in China as there are members of the 70-million-strong Communist Party. China's "information elite," the largely urban, educated, professionals who are China's internet surfers, are becoming a force of equal size to the ruling political power base. What will this new center of power mean for the transformation of Chinese society?