Examines the rise of China's network society and reviews recent key development within China's Internet economy Considers such concepts as 'Lucky Money', micro charity 2.0 E and the Digital Red Envelope Offers key insights into how technology impacts on the communication and movement of population in China

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Shaojie Liu is Deputy Director of the Center for Studies of Sociological Theory & Method, as well as Professor and doctoral supervisor at Renmin University of China. His research focuses on the contemporary institutional structure of Chinese society, new trends in contemporary international sociology, and theories and practices of new economic sociology. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Sociological Review of China and Chairman of the Theoretical Sociology Commission of Chinese Sociological Association.

Jianmin Wang is Associate Professor and Master's supervisor at the Department of Sociology of the Central University of Finance and Economics, China. His main research fields are sociological theory, the history of Sociology in the Republic of China, and network sociology.

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1. Social Dimensions of the Internet Economy.- 2. The Big Time for WeChat Business: Moments and Wealth Dream.- 3. Space Compression of E-commerce in Rural Areas and Its Value: Case Study.- 4. Marketing Chaos and Development Transformation of E-commerce Market: Reflections After the Bustling Singles Day.- 5. Spatial Turn of Network Information Consumption and Its Social Risks: Case Study of the Sale of Baidu Hemophilia Post Bar.- 6. Two-Way Embedding: A National Carnival of Electronic Red Envelopes.- 7. The Differential Mode of Association in Cyberspace: Sociological Research on Crowdfunding.- 8. Network Power Construction in Micro Public Welfare 2.0: A Case Study of Tianjin Explosion.- 9. Network Expression of Social Problems: A Case Study of Forwarding Death Penalty for Human Traffickers.