China’s approach to digital governance has gained global influence, often evoking Orwellian ‚Big Brother‘ comparisons. Governing Digital China, a recent book by Professor Daniela Stockmann (Hertie School) and Ting Luo (University of Birmingham), challenges this perception, arguing that China’s approach is radically different in practice. This talk will dig into the divide between perceptions and realities of digital governance during the Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping eras. It will explore the logic of popular corporatism, highlighting the bottom-up influences of China’s largest platform firms and its citizens, with a view to whether the mechanisms that link the Chinese state, tech firms, and citizens neatly map on to digital rulemaking elsewhere.

Der Vortrag wird in Kooperation mit dem CIUT (China Institut der Universität Trier) organisiert und veranstaltet.
Professorin Stockmann wird ihren Vortrag auf Englisch halten; das anschließende Q&A findet auf Deutsch statt.