Tag Archives: China

Excellent Piece by Mark Drapeau in Washington Life Magazine

Dr. Mark Drapeau, Strategic Social Advisor and Research Fellow at the National Defense University, has written a fantastic article in Washington Life called Hot, Flat and Shrouded. In it, Drapeau focuses on the rise of social media and its ability to … Read More

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What Social Media Revolution?

Since last weekends crackdown of the Uighur minority in western China’s Xinjiang province, China has been exhibiting rather odd behavior toward the  foreign media.  Odd, as in it has actually allowed Western and other mainstream news outlets into Urumqi after the … Read More

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China's Strategic Social Media Force – the "50-cent Army"

China employs an army of paid social media activitists – sometimes dubbed the “50-cent Army” – who are paid to post and engage across the Social Web, thus actively influencing internal and external opinions of China. Often referred to as … Read More

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