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Beijing’s watchful eye on all data flowing in and out of China

Kai von Carnap
Short analysis
Jul 08, 2022

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Digital China

Digitalisation for sustainable infrastructure: The road ahead

Rebecca Arcesati
External publication
Oct 17, 2022

Didi fine marks new phase in Beijing’s rectification of tech sector

Vincent Brussee
Short analysis
Aug 09, 2022

Shanghai police-database breach exposes lax data protection

Rebecca Arcesati
Antonia Hmaidi
Short analysis
Jul 20, 2022

Oceans of data lift all boats: China’s data centers move west

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
Short analysis
Jul 06, 2022

China activates data in the national interest

Rebecca Arcesati
Short analysis
Jul 04, 2022

E-government and Covid-19: Digital China goes global

Rebecca Arcesati
Short analysis
Mar 17, 2022

Smart Education: Between Hype and Reality (Institut Montaigne)

Rebecca Arcesati
External publication
Nov 30, 2021

China’s Evolving Role in Africa’s Digitalisation: From Building Infrastructure to Shaping Ecosystems (ISPI)

Rebecca Arcesati
External publication
Jun 29, 2021

Lofty principles, conflicting incentives: AI ethics and governance in China

Rebecca Arcesati
Report
Jun 24, 2021
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Why Europe struggles with US export controls on China (The Diplomat)

Rebecca Arcesati, Antonia Hmaidi
External publication
Dec 27, 2022

German government stops sale of chip factory to Chinese-owned buyer

Antonia Hmaidi
Press release
Nov 10, 2022

How China plans to engineer its way out of technology ‘strangleholds’ (ASPI)

Michael Laha
External publication
Sep 26, 2022

Chinese public databases leaks reveal growing dissatisfaction with authorities

Antonia Hmaidi
Opinion
Sep 19, 2022

The CCP’s vision for digital transformation, with Rebecca Arcesati

Podcast
May 06, 2022

Open-source data in China research, with Emile Dirks

Podcast
Apr 01, 2022

China’s social credit score – untangling myth from reality

Vincent Brussee
Opinion
Feb 11, 2022

China’s social credit system is actually quite boring

Vincent Brussee
Opinion
Sep 29, 2021

China’s digital paradox

Vincent Brussee
Opinion
Aug 13, 2021
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Dec. 14, 2021
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Mar. 18, 2021
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