Chinese Nationalism Goes Viral
Indrani Bagchi, The Times of India | January 21, 2011
In China, the lack of free private media means that Chinese popular sentiment gets channelled into mushrooming online forums. ++ Jingoistic nationalism is often the order of the day, with the US, Japan and increasingly India being targets of abuse. ++ Although domestic criticism is censored, foreign censure is given free reign. ++ With 500 million internet users, the Chinese leadership is showing itself to be "responsive" to these online vigilantes, making "Net nationalists" a new factor in policy making.
