Digital China

Chinese National Flag on PC circuit board

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

Comment

Jul 08, 2022

Research

China’s censors back down on generative AI

Rebecca Arcesati, Vincent Brussee

Comment

Aug 09, 2023

Baidu's Ernie Bot app is pictured on an iPhone

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

François Chimits

Comment

May 05, 2023

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

Kai von Carnap

Comment

May 05, 2023

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

Antonia Hmaidi

Kai von Carnap

Comment

Feb 24, 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

Comment

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

Comment

Jul 06, 2022

China activates data in the national interest

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Jul 04, 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

China sets hopes on blockchain to close cyber security gaps

Kai von Carnap

Report

Mar 26, 2021

China’s Social Credit System in 2021: From fragmentation towards integration

Katja Drinhausen

Vincent Brussee

Report

Mar 03, 2021

Insights

Europe should regulate TikTok, not ban it

Kai von Carnap, Antonia Hmaidi

External publication

Apr 26, 2023

China’s social credit system is actually quite boring

Vincent Brussee

Comment

Sep 29, 2021

China’s digital paradox

Vincent Brussee

Comment

Aug 13, 2021

China’s evolving data governance regime

Podcast

Jul 23, 2021

Dispute over video app - Trump bans transactions with TikTok (Deutschlandfunk Kultur)

Kai von Carnap

Aug 07, 2020

"How dangerous is TikTok?" (Der Tagesspiegel)

Kai von Carnap

Aug 07, 2020

Designed for Censorship

Vincent Brussee

Comment

Jul 28, 2020

No credit for culprits

Vincent Brussee

Comment

Jul 21, 2020

Corona Apps, Big Data - Is China leading the technological response? (in German) (n-tv)

Kai von Carnap

Apr 26, 2020

Events

Digital China

Industrial Policy and Technology

MERICS Web Seminar: China’s digital platform economy: Challenges and opportunities for European actors

Jun. 03, 2020

Entrepreneur Rui Ma at a MERICS Lunch Talk

US-China

Digital China

MERICS Lunch Talk: Chinese Internet entrepreneurs amid the US-China trade dispute

Nov. 06, 2019

Experts on Digital China

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Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Head of Program

Antonia Hmaidi

Antonia Hmaidi

Analyst

RebeccaArcesati

Rebecca Arcesati

Lead Analyst

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Kai von Carnap

Analyst

KatjaDrinhausen

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program

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