China's Normative Power in Cyberspace

The Contested Making of Global Digital Governance
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-14056-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

The book delves into China's extension of its influence over global digital standards and governance.

The author introduces the concept of normative power adapted for the digital domain and constructs a multi-level theory of normative diffusion, disaggregating mechanisms operating at bilateral, regional and international levels. The book examines bilateral dynamics through eight cases: Vietnam, Chile, Malaysia, Zambia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Laos. At the regional level, it analyses how China navigates and shapes regional digital orders through the SCO, RCEP, BRICS and ASEAN. Regarding the international arena, the book traces China's strategies across two decades of engagement with the UN system and the ITU. In addition, it outlines its implications for digital governance and the future of global digital ordering. The book argues that Chinese normative power in cyberspace is real but bounded, and it operates not as unilateral export but as a relational push-and-pull between Beijing and recipient states that actively seek, filter, adapt and resist what China offers.

This book will appeal to academics and students studying international law, comparative politics, cybersecurity and China studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carrai, Maria Adele

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What Is 'Chinese' About China’s Digital Norms?  2. How China’s Digital Norms Circulate: A Multi-Level Theory of Digital Normative Power  3. Mechanisms in Practice: Mapping Chinese Normative Power across Bilateral Cases  4. Normative Power at the Regional Level: Mechanisms, Institutions, and the Diffusion of China’s Digital Governance Norms  5. The International Arena: Contestation, Coalition, and the Normative Transformation of Global Digital Governance

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Adele Carrai is Associate Professor from the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College. She previously served as Assistant Professor of Global China Studies at NYU Shanghai and taught as an adjunct at NYU School of Law. She has been an Associate at the Harvard University Asia Center since 2021 and Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute since 2019.