Digital China

Chinese National Flag on PC circuit board

Digital China

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

Kai von Carnap

Short analysis

Jul 08, 2022

Research

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

Insights

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

Digital China

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

China’s evolving data governance regime

Podcast

Jul 23, 2021

Events

Geopolitics

Digital China

Chinese surveillance tools in Africa: What responses from Europe?

Dec. 14, 2021

Members only

Guangzhou subways use facial recognition

Digital China

China’s Social Credit System in 2021

Mar. 18, 2021

Experts on Digital China

Kai von Carnap

Analyst

Rebecca Arcesati

Analyst

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Head of Program

Antonia Hmaidi

Analyst

Vincent Brussee

Analyst

Digital China

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

Research

Digitalisation for sustainable infrastructure: The road ahead

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

Shanghai police-database breach exposes lax data protection

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

China activates data in the national interest

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

Smart Education: Between Hype and Reality (Institut Montaigne)

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

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

Insights

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

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

Chinese public databases leaks reveal growing dissatisfaction with authorities

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

Open-source data in China research, with Emile Dirks

China’s social credit score – untangling myth from reality

China’s social credit system is actually quite boring

China’s digital paradox

China’s evolving data governance regime

Events

Chinese surveillance tools in Africa: What responses from Europe?

China’s Social Credit System in 2021

Experts on Digital China

Kai von Carnap

Rebecca Arcesati

Katja Drinhausen

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Antonia Hmaidi

Vincent Brussee

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