ABSTRACT
In this chapter we examine the increasing flow of media technologies, content, and business models across China’s boundaries and offer an assessment of how this may transform China’s public sphere. While China’s political authorities retain a heavy hand, globalization is increasing the volume and diversity of images and information available to Chinese audiences. This is an open-ended process that could reach quite different conclusions, but it is possible that it will facilitate the rise of a more open and reasonable public debate.
