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CHINA AFRICA AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET - I...

China is transforming Africa's information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with
extensive loans  training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on
the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector  China is helping
African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones  with rapid and
large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security
threats with restrictions of the information space  China has been vocal in asserting the need
to control communication to ensure stability and development. Featuring a wealth of interviews
with a variety of actors - from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese
workers for major telecommunication companies - this highly original book demonstrates how
China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of
Western approaches to Africa  which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service
delivery  on the one hand  and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on
the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure 
the book provides the first assessment of China's new model for the media strategies of
developing states  and the consequences of policing Africa's information space for geopolitics
security and citizenship.

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