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Fragmenting network protocols – China and the end of the web as we know it

Antonia Hmaidi
Kai von Carnap
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Feb 24, 2023

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The e-CNY will not help the yuan displace the dollar any time soon

François Chimits
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May 05, 2023
A mobile phone displays a E-CNY currency interface in Yichang, Hubei Province, Feb 9, 2022.

The digital yuan struggles to find Chinese shoppers willing to spend it

Kai von Carnap
Comment
May 05, 2023

Fragmenting data governance – Europe needs a strategy to live with China

Rebecca Arcesati
Comment
Feb 23, 2023

Fragmenting technology – 6G mobile could divide the world

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
Comment
Feb 22, 2023

Fragmenting the internet – beyond and within the Great Firewall

Kai von Carnap
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Feb 21, 2023

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
Comment
Aug 09, 2022

Shanghai police-database breach exposes lax data protection

Rebecca Arcesati
Antonia Hmaidi
Comment
Jul 20, 2022

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

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
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Jul 06, 2022
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Europe should regulate TikTok, not ban it

Kai von Carnap, Antonia Hmaidi
External publication
Apr 26, 2023

Fragmentation of the internet, with Kai von Carnap

Podcast
Mar 31, 2023

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
Comment
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
Comment
Feb 11, 2022
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China’s Social Credit System in 2021

Mar. 18, 2021
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