1. A short review of Connected China: A visualization of elite social networks in China Xiaogang Ma TWC/RPI 2013-11-01, eScience seminar

2. This presentation Features of Connected China Technologies in its development Potential updates 2

3. Connected China http://connectedchina.reuters.com “tracks and visualizes the people, institutions and relationships that form China's elite power structure” Launched: Feb. 2013 3

4. Features “[Connected China] provides deep insight into China’s new generation of leaders and features the best of Reuters’ coverage in data, text, photos and video.” Optimized for iPad 2+ and Chrome and Safari 4

5. Features of Connected China General information News Circles of power Paths to power Roles of power 5

6. Families: – Princelings – Golden Sons-in-Law Coalitions – Shanghai Clique – Tuanpai powerful family connections play a crucial role in all spheres of society Party leadership is largely divided between two informal coalitions 6

7. Relationships with party elders Accumulation of guanxi – Guanxi: the accumulated social capital A number of former leaders maintain their political influence through extensive social connections and the protégés they have promoted over the years 7

8. Knowing the background information of families, coalitions, relationships with party elders will help understand the social power of an individual Click here for literal explanation Click here to zoom in 8

9. The Communist Party of China – “collective leadership” by the Politburo Standing Committee (The Seven) – Party general secretary Xi Jinping is now only the “first among equals” in the seven-member body 9

10. The three pillars of Chinese politics – Party, State, and Military 10

11. Show details of a institution and its members 11

12. The path to political power – In China, the path to political power is a structured ascent 12

13. Comparing the ages of political leaders 13

14. The impact of retirement ages – For example, Zhou Yongkang followed a similar path as Xi, but could never reach top leadership due to the retirement cutoff 14

15. Comparison among multiple individuals 15

16. Working group of Connected China Editor + Project Leader: Irene Jay Liu Production Heads: Yolanda Ma, Malik Yusuf Lead Writer: Chris Ip Copy Editor: John Newland Design + Dev: Fathom Information Design 16

17. Technologies Organization and key person – Fathom Information Design: http://fathom.info/ – Ben Fry: http://benfry.com/ HTML 5 and CSS 3 More background information: – http://fathom.info/china 17

18. Data sources The app draws on a database containing: – Tens of thousands of entities – people, organizations, events – More than 30,000 relationships – 1.5 million words (equivalent to more than 20 non-fiction books!) Source: http://blogs.reuters.com/connected-china/2013/02/28/welcome/ 18

19. Visualization Information Architecture – Shift among them without getting lost 19

20. Potential updates Provenance? – Currently most objects are prov:Agent – More objects of prov:Entity and prov:Activity – Relationships Diagram from the W3C Provenance ontology at: http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ 20

21. Potential updates Career Comparison: add spatial features? 21

22. Thanks! 22