Various Authors

From Facebook Down to the Street Various Authors

This collection of articles documents the rise of a virtual civil society aided by the proliferation of internet users, stating with the entry of Yahoo 360 into Vietnam in 2007. Having no real access to opportunity to gather for expressing disatisfaction with governmental policies, the populace turn to the internet to diplay their displeasure with the way the Vietnamese government deal with foreign influence, in particular with Chinese intention to take over Vietnam's land, and how the goveernment stand with the invaders instead of allowing the people to voice ther opposition. Yahoo was quickly dismanteld, but the road for virtual gathering is wide open with facebook, twitter, and other social networks, dispite the oppression of bloggers by the government... This is a must read for those who are concerned about the state of civil liberty in Vietnam, and with of the real threat of a total Chinese control.