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Media Politics in China MariaRepnikovaintroducesthewebsofChinesemediapoliticsthatare hidden beneath the imagery of overarching contention between the omnipowerful state and suppressed dissidents. Drawing on rich empirical data, this novel analysis demonstrates that the relationship between China’s critical journalists and the state is that of a fluid collaboration,wherebyanambiguouspartnershipissustainedthrough continuous acts of guarded improvisation. Journalists and the state activelyreinventtherulesoftheirengagement,butthelatterholdsthe upper hand in controlling the space and scope of this creative mano- euvring. This improvised cooperative mode of state-society relations differs from other authoritarian contexts, pointing to China’s unique- ness when itcomes to managingcritical voices inthe long-term.This book provides fresh empirical and theoretical insights into Chinese politics,comparativeauthoritarianismandglobalcommunication. Maria Repnikova is a scholar of comparative authoritarianism and political communication in illiberal contexts, with a focus on China and Russia.She holdsa Doctorate in Politicsfrom OxfordUniversity where she was a Rhodes Scholar. In the past, Maria has researched Chinese migration to Russia as a Fulbright Fellow, has held the OverseasPressClubfellowshipinBeijingandwasapost-doctoralfellow at the Annenberg School for Communication. Maria speaks fluent Mandarin and Russian. She teaches international communication, Chinese media politics and society, and information politics in non- democraticregimes. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Media Politics in China Improvising Power under Authoritarianism Maria Repnikova GeorgiaStateUniversity Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107195981 DOI:10.1017/9781108164474 ©MariaRepnikova2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-107-19598-1Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Media Politics in China MariaRepnikovaintroducesthewebsofChinesemediapoliticsthatare hidden beneath the imagery of overarching contention between the omnipowerful state and suppressed dissidents. Drawing on rich empirical data, this novel analysis demonstrates that the relationship between China’s critical journalists and the state is that of a fluid collaboration,wherebyanambiguouspartnershipissustainedthrough continuous acts of guarded improvisation. Journalists and the state activelyreinventtherulesoftheirengagement,butthelatterholdsthe upper hand in controlling the space and scope of this creative mano- euvring. This improvised cooperative mode of state-society relations differs from other authoritarian contexts, pointing to China’s unique- ness when itcomes to managingcritical voices inthe long-term.This book provides fresh empirical and theoretical insights into Chinese politics,comparativeauthoritarianismandglobalcommunication. Maria Repnikova is a scholar of comparative authoritarianism and political communication in illiberal contexts, with a focus on China and Russia.She holdsa Doctorate in Politicsfrom OxfordUniversity where she was a Rhodes Scholar. In the past, Maria has researched Chinese migration to Russia as a Fulbright Fellow, has held the OverseasPressClubfellowshipinBeijingandwasapost-doctoralfellow at the Annenberg School for Communication. Maria speaks fluent Mandarin and Russian. She teaches international communication, Chinese media politics and society, and information politics in non- democraticregimes. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:14, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:14, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Media Politics in China Improvising Power under Authoritarianism Maria Repnikova GeorgiaStateUniversity Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:14, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107195981 DOI:10.1017/9781108164474 ©MariaRepnikova2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-107-19598-1Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:14, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Media Politics in China MariaRepnikovaintroducesthewebsofChinesemediapoliticsthatare hidden beneath the imagery of overarching contention between the omnipowerful state and suppressed dissidents. Drawing on rich empirical data, this novel analysis demonstrates that the relationship between China’s critical journalists and the state is that of a fluid collaboration,wherebyanambiguouspartnershipissustainedthrough continuous acts of guarded improvisation. Journalists and the state activelyreinventtherulesoftheirengagement,butthelatterholdsthe upper hand in controlling the space and scope of this creative mano- euvring. This improvised cooperative mode of state-society relations differs from other authoritarian contexts, pointing to China’s unique- ness when itcomes to managingcritical voices inthe long-term.This book provides fresh empirical and theoretical insights into Chinese politics,comparativeauthoritarianismandglobalcommunication. Maria Repnikova is a scholar of comparative authoritarianism and political communication in illiberal contexts, with a focus on China and Russia.She holdsa Doctorate in Politicsfrom OxfordUniversity where she was a Rhodes Scholar. In the past, Maria has researched Chinese migration to Russia as a Fulbright Fellow, has held the OverseasPressClubfellowshipinBeijingandwasapost-doctoralfellow at the Annenberg School for Communication. Maria speaks fluent Mandarin and Russian. She teaches international communication, Chinese media politics and society, and information politics in non- democraticregimes. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Access paid by the UC San Diego Library, on 24 Feb 2020 at 16:42:13, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164474

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