Technology Has Provided Chinese Citizens with New Tools to Use

question 42

Essay

Technology has provided Chinese citizens with new tools to use for expressing themselves, including protesting against the government. Will this make a difference in how China is governed? Why or why not? What changes might these bring to Chinese society over the next five or ten years? How will the government respond to these changes?

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Definitions:

QR Code

Quick Response Code, a two-dimensional barcode that can store information accessible by scanning it with a smartphone camera.

Bar Codes

A method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form, consisting of bars and spaces, used to track and identify products.

RFID

Radio-Frequency Identification, a technology using wireless non-contact use of radio waves to transfer data for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects.

Two-Dimensional Code

A matrix barcode that stores information both horizontally and vertically, such as a QR code.