Introduction / Randolph Kluver -- Part 1. Business and economics. Internet service providers (ISPs) / Henry L. Hu -- Internet and economic development / Yu Hong -- Advertising online / Liuning Zhou & Hongwei Yang -- Shopping online / Maris Gunars Martinsons -- Consumers online / Ying Wang & Shaojing Sun -- Telecommunications industry / Eric Harwit -- User-generated content / Han-Teng Liao -- Part 2. Governance, law, and politics. E-government / Randolph Kluver -- The great firewall / Zixui Tai -- Internet content filtering / Ronald Deibert -- Internet Monitoring / David Tian -- Internet governance / Peng Hwa Ang & Xiaoyan Chen -- Internet regulation / Anne S.Y. Cheung & Zhao Yun -- Part 3. Entertainment and education. Blogging / Jia Dai -- Chinese language and computing / Marilyn Shea & Lin Lin -- Digital divides / Linda A. Jackson, Wei Qiu, Alexander Games, & Yong Zhao -- Distance education / Minjuan Wang & Hai Zhang -- Email / Song Shi -- Game industry online / Peichi Chung -- Microblogging / Andrew D. Goodwin -- Parody / Cara Wallis -- Text messaging / Huatong Sun -- Virtual reality / Adrian David Cheok & Jun Wei -- Part 4. Society and social welfare. Children online / Wei Qiu, Alexander Games, Yong Zhao, & Linda A. Jackson -- Chinese diaspora online / Jens Damm & Terrence Ying-tai Lai -- Communities online / Jens Damm -- Social and political impact / Zhou He -- Internet cafés / Lu Wei & Wen Chen -- Internet events / Min Jiang -- Internet in everyday life / Haiqing Yu -- Internet addiction / Qiaolei Jiang & Louis Leung -- Dating online / Jue Ren -- Cybersex / Helena K.Y. Ng & David L. Delmonico -- Conclusion / Ashley Esarey.