Addressing the Digital Divide in Dalian, China Development Zone.
As mentioned in my previous post, Dalian and specifically the Development Zone, is a juxtaposition of rural and urban, developing high-tech industry next to agriculture and fishing. Also with a huge population of migrant workers or a ' floating population' makes up a massive portion of the local demographic, particularly in industrial hubs like Dongjiagou , amounting upto 40% (Kaifaqu Early Knowledge, 2021). The floating population typically do not have a ‘hukou,’ an identification beloging to the household registration system, and this ties a citizen to public schools and social services in their birthplace, very similar to the effect of a passport holder has right’s to their country. When discussing the digital divide as defined by Brown (2020) as economic and social inequality regarding the use of, or impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It it primarily this migrant and rural ...
