IntroductionThe Chinese media landscape is complicated and contradictory, playing a controversial role between the party line and the bottom line (Zhao, 1998). It affects all types of media, including the Internet, despite the government applying strict control and censorship rules, which is contrary to the very nature of the Internet. To provide a better idea of ​​how the media works in China today, it is necessary to remember where the People's Republic of China comes from and what the approach to the media in general is, which helps to understand the contrast based on the different ideologies behind the Internet and the Chinese government in relation to the media. When the People's Republic was founded in 1949, the telecommunications system and facilities were severely damaged, what remained was obsolete and rudimentary until the early 1950s, when communications in China were quickly established. They mainly used wire for the telegraph or telephone, then satellite communications were soon introduced and became common; in 1987 China had many different communications systems capable of connecting. With the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become one of the fastest growing major economies in the world, and as of 2013 is the world's second largest economy. By 1979 the Chinese media had a general revival, by 1987 the government had numerous different communications systems capable of connecting, with initial efforts to protect and safeguard press freedom. This idea was abandoned when the government confronted pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989. While the Communist Party's "guidance" of news remained rigid after 1989 with internal censorship in place in all regions and all types of media, media have developed. ..... half of the paper ...... e-china-719761130/ [accessed 1 May 2014].Yu Ling, Economic globalization and China's countermeasure in the 21st century, Research on Financial and Economic Issues , April 2000 .Yuezhi, Z. (2000): Guard dogs on party leashes? Contexts and implications of investigative journalism in post-Deng China, Journalism Studies, 1:4, 577-597.Zhang. (2009). Rethinking the impact of globalization and cultural identity in China. Available: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rethinking+the+impact+of+globalization+and+cultural+identity+in+China.-a0215410904. Last accessed: May 1, 2014.Zhao, Y. (1998) Media, Market and Democracy in China: Between the Party Line and the Bottom Line, University of Illinois Press.Zhengrong Hu. (2005). Towards the public?. Available: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/docs/anox06/secure/july21/zhengrong/21_zhengrong_reading1.pdf. Last access May 1st 2014.