Highly topical analysis of rapidly changing media in China, which is one of the most significant markets in the world

Relates to significant contemporary events such as the role of China's media in relaion to China's accession to the WTO; the successful bid for the 2008 Olympic games, and the development of the internet in China. This is the first ever analysis of these events.

First class contributors, with many from the US, including Yuezhi Zhao whose Chinese Media (1998) is a hugely important work in the field

Controversial: argues that the democratic potential of foreign media and telecommunications is a myth, as the party will not relinquish control of the media

Relates always to the relationship between the media and the larger political economy, particularly how globalising, western ideologies relate to China's discourses and ideology, as the west seeks to integrateChina into its neo-liberal, global capitalist regime