China

IPCS Special Report

April 2012

123

IPCS Series on Inside China

Media in China

An Irreversible Transition?

Gunjan Singh

CHINA RESEARCH PROGRAMME

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

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Gunjan Singh

Ms. Gunjan Singh is a Researcher at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. She is a Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India. She has completed her M.Phil from the Centre for East Asian Studies, JNU. Her other IPCS publication includes commentaries titled, China’s Leadership Dilemma: Development or Environment? , Media

About "Inside China" Series

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The China Research Program (CRP) within the Institute, as a part of its activities, undertake research and organise events under "Inside China," aimed at exploring issues and challenges in contemporary China covering economic aspects of China’s growth, political development and emerging social tensions and fault lines. This essay was a part of the first annual conference in 2011.

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Media in China

An Irreversible Transition?

Gunjan Singh

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