Dear visitor,

thank you for your interest in our research project. This website is devoted to documenting our research on Chinese Urban Identities in the Internet Age. Here you will find

• information on the theoretical and empiric background of this piloting scholarly enterprise,

• in depth documentation of the methods applied in this research project,

• a full text archive of working papers and conference presentations,

• abstracts of articles already published in journals and edited volumes,

• a bibliography of scholarly works cited on this website,

• a commented list of useful links related to the research topics,

• full access to all original raw data from several Chinese BBSs (access upon request), and last not least

• information on the team, the planning and the realization of the project.

If this is your first visit to our website, we kindly suggest starting from the “Research Background” section for information on research objective and the general background of this project. We would also like to encourage you to leave your questions and share your valuable comments in the “Forum” section.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Karsten Giese