%0 Journal Article %T Introduction to Special Issue on digital formations and Chinese experiences %A Guobin Yang %A Lu Wei %A Zhongdang Pan %J Communication and the Public %@ 2057-0481 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/2057047318756138 %X This is Part I of a special issue on digital formations in China. The five articles in this part study, respectively, the digital working class, social media propaganda, ˇ°grassrootsˇ± Internet finance, online swearing, and online political communication in a Hong Kong Chief Executive election %K Digital formations %K Weibo %K social media %K China %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057047318756138