Author: Xiao Qiang | Journal Of Democracy

Xiao Qiang Xiao Qiang is research scientist and director of the Counter-Power Lab at the University of California–Berkeley’s School of Information. He is also founder and editor-in-chief of the China Digital Times. Between 1991 and 2002, he served as executive director of Human Rights in China, an NGO based in New York.
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January 2019, Volume 30, Issue 1

The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State

  • Xiao Qiang

Chinese authorities are wielding facial-recognition software, big-data analytics, and other digital technologies to control China’s citizens by monitoring and assessing their activities, both online and off.

January 2013, Volume 24, Issue 1

China at the Tipping Point? From “Fart People” to Citizens

  • Xiao Qiang
  • Perry Link

In recent years, Chinese netizens have shown boundless creativity and ingenuity in expressing themselves despite government restrictions on online speech. Will new political discourse give birth to a new political identity? Are new forms of networked communication enhancing opportunities for social change and helping to move China toward a “threshold” for political transformation?

April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2

Liberation Technology: The Battle for the Chinese Internet

  • Xiao Qiang

In China, the Internet is not merely contested space between citizen and government. It is also a catalyst for social and political transformation, offering the possibility of better governance with greater citizen participation.

Will China Democratize?

  • Marc F. Plattner
  • Larry Diamond
  • Andrew J. Nathan

Although China has achieved extraordinary economic success without the CCP regime loosening its authoritarian grip, can the country continue its growth without political reform?

Liberation Technology

  • Marc F. Plattner
  • Larry Diamond

"Liberation technology" can help mobilize citizen protest and oust autocracies. Authoritarians can also use technology to stifle protest and target dissenters. Who will win the technological race between "netizens" demanding freedom and authoritarians determined to stay in power?

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