Isbn: 9780593491850 - the wall dancers: searching for freedom and connection on the chinese internet (8 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.12x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.12x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China"The Wall Dancers is history told in a gripping, novelistic style. It is at once a crash course in contemporary Chinese politics and culture and an epic story about human drive, desperation, and ingenuity against inordinate odds. Yi-Ling Liu has written a masterwork."Jonathan Blitzer, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is HereIn the late 1990s, as the world was waking up to the power and emancipatory promise of the internet, Chinese authorities began constructing a system of online surveillance and censorship now known as the Great Firewall. But far from being a barren landscape, the digital world that sprouted up behind the firewall brimmed with new subcultures and tech innovations, offering many Chinese citizens previously unimaginable connection and opportunity.Today, as the country's leadership intensifies its control of public discourse and Western headlines reduce the Chinese public to a faceless monolith, journalist Yi-Ling Liu presents an intimate portrait of China's online ecosystemand a crucial lens into the on-the-ground reality of life there. Tracing the last three decades of the Chinese internet's evolutionfrom its lexicon to its memes to the precise nature of its censorshipshe equips readers with a critical tool to assess the past, present, and future of a global power.Drawing on years of firsthand reporting, The Wall Dancers weaves together the stories of individuals navigating China's transformation into both the world's largest online user base and one of its most populous authoritarian states. As these entrepreneurs, activists, artists, and dreamers experience the internet's power as a tool for both control and liberation, they grapple with universal questions of success and authenticity, love and solidarity, faith and resilience.The Wall Dancers is at once an unforgettable work of human storytelling and a vital exploration of what it means to live with dignity and hope within the technological systems that now shape all our lives.…

Zustand: New. YI-LING LIU&rsquos work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Harper&rsquos Magazine, WIRED, and The New York Review of Books. She has been a New America Fellow, a recipient of the Matthew Power Literary Reportin.