KAISER KUO, JEREMY GOLDKORN, DUNCAN CLARK, GADY EPSTEIN, BILL BISHOP 05.27.14
A popular Chinese rock-and-roll band Hua (“Flower”) records at a studio in Beijing, and making their pieces available online, in this archival photo from June 1998. The band was the first Chinese music group to put their work on the Internet as China accused western countries of “cultural chauvinism,” saying few western countries have given their people a fair understanding of China and it was necessary to fight the influence of “decadent” foreign culture.
The Internet has always been near and dear to our hearts here at Sinica. Four years ago, our very first show covered Google China and the fracas that followed their decision to pull out of China. And in the years since, we’ve frequently talked about Twitter and Weibo and now Weixin. With various anniversaries looming and our Internet connections getting almost as bad as they were ten years ago, today we wanted to take a step back and chat about how the Internet has grown and changed China.
Joining long-time hosts Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn in our studio today are three stalwart guests who have experienced the worst and the best of the Chinese Internet: Duncan Clark from BDA China, Gady Epstein who writes for The Economist, and Bill Bishop who everyone should know as the author of the Sinocism newsletter.
From https://www.chinafile.com/History-Internet-China