The conversation continues at btween.co.uk The speed of change in the Chinese digital media scape is not just revolutionary: it is explosive. With a quarter of a billion Internet users and half a billion mobile phone subscribers, the numbers alone make China extraordinarily tempting to western entrepreneurs and investors A distinct but, in the west, poorly understood Chinese Internet culture is emerging. A familiarity with this culture is crucial to anyone trying to make their fortune or to understand the often contradictory messages coming out of China as it takes its place among the world’s digital powers Even as China emerges as a hothouse of disruptive innovation, Beijing’s often heavy-handed control of the Internet confounds western observers and presents western Internet companies with difficult ethical choices Kaiser, who has seen China’s Internet censorship regime up close from many different angles, will add shades of grey to an issue often painted in black and white. He will challenge western assumptions and explain why Chinese Netizens are less worried about censorship than Westerners think they are.

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