A comparative study of Internet regulatory policies in the Greater China Region: Emerging regulatory models and issues in China, Hong-Kong SAR, and Taiwan

Most research about comparative Internet policy literature has been devoted to the discussion regarding copyright protection and piracy, freedom of speech, censorship, encryption, and impacts on national sovereignty as well as regulatory bodies. In this study, I investigate the influence of national culture characteristics on the stipulation and implementation of regulatory models in the Greater China Region, which includes three Chinese majority societies, China, Hong-Kong SAR, and Taiwan. Because of their unique cultural and political characteristics, these three societies present remarkable cases to examine the effects of political–cultural dynamics on the making of Internet regulations.