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Random Street Snapshots to Rescue Child Beggars: Micro-Power and Micro-Philanthropy in China

In: DIGITAL Enablement and Innovation in China A Casebook

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  • Haiqing Yu

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This case reviews a micro-blog event that took place in 2011 — Random Street Snapshots to Rescue Child Beggars — in order to illustrate the role of social media in Chinese civic movements. This Weibo (micro-blog)-based event represents the emergence of micro-philanthropy in China among its urban and educated residents. This and many other mediated events that aim to help the poor, disadvantaged, under-privileged, and marginalized sections of society constitute what I call “micro-power” in China.

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  • Haiqing Yu, 2019. "Random Street Snapshots to Rescue Child Beggars: Micro-Power and Micro-Philanthropy in China," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Shan Ling Pan & Derek Wen Yu Du & Haibo Hu (ed.), DIGITAL Enablement and Innovation in China A Casebook, chapter 5, pages 29-37, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Digital Enablement; Digital Transformation; Innovation in China; Technological Disruption;
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    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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