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

Antonia Hmaidi
Kai von Carnap
Short analysis
Feb 24, 2023

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Industrial Policy and Technology
Digital China

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

Rebecca Arcesati
Short analysis
Feb 23, 2023
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Fragmenting technology – 6G mobile could divide the world

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
Short analysis
Feb 22, 2023

Fragmenting the internet – beyond and within the Great Firewall

Kai von Carnap
Short analysis
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
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

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

The digital Yuan will only lend a minor boost to internationalization of the currency

Maximilian Kärnfelt
Short analysis
Nov 16, 2020

China’s fintech giant Ant Financial reined in by politics

Short analysis
Nov 12, 2020

China’s Global Initiative on Data Security has a message for Europe

Short analysis
Sep 24, 2020

PBOC says world’s first state-back digital currency ready for launch

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Sep 24, 2020
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Why Europe struggles with US export controls on China (The Diplomat)

Rebecca Arcesati, Antonia Hmaidi
External publication
Dec 27, 2022

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
Opinion
Jul 28, 2020

No credit for culprits

Vincent Brussee
Short analysis
Jul 21, 2020

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

Kai von Carnap
Apr 26, 2020

Made in China 2025 (Das Investment)

Max J. Zenglein
Mar 30, 2020

Rui Ma on China’s fast-changing internet industry

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Nov 22, 2019
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MERICS Web Seminar: China’s digital platform economy: Challenges and opportunities for European actors

Jun. 03, 2020
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MERICS Lunch Talk: Chinese Internet entrepreneurs amid the US-China trade dispute

Nov. 06, 2019

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Katja Drinhausen

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