This book examines whether media control in China can be cracked open by economic liberalization and technological advancement. It was originally published as a special issue of Political Communication.

1. The Emerging Media System in China: Implications for Regime Change Wenfang Tang and Shanto Iyengar 2. Race to the Bottom: Media Marketization and Increasing Negativity Toward the United States in China Daniela Stockmann 3. The Political Consequences of the Rise of the Internet: Political Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Netizens Ya-Wen Lei 4. Political Communications in Democratic Taiwan: The Relationship Between Politicians and Journalists Gary Rawnsley and Qian Gong 5. Predicting Political Discussion in a Censored Virtual Environment Yi Mou, David Atkin and Hanlong Fu 6. Bifurcated Images of the U.S. in Urban China and the Impact of Media Environment Tianjian Shi, Jie Lu and John Aldrich 7. From the World's Largest Propaganda Machine to a Multipurposed Global News Agency: Factors in and Implications of Xinhua's Transformation Since 1978 Junhao Hong

Wenfang Tang is Stanley Hua Hsia Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa, USA.

Shanto Iyengar is Harry and Norman Chandler Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, USA.