Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future
One way that Silicon Valley and the Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless.
China's biggest movie star, Zhao Wei, who had 86M Weibo followers, was erased from China's internet on August 26, amid a clampdown on its entertainment industry
Zhao Wei was the Reese Witherspoon of China, then she was censored by the Communist Party amid a clampdown of the country's entertainment industry Tweets: @xinwenfan , @jerrydunleavy , @jchengwsj , @j...
Sources: Beijing has sped up development of a blacklist that could punish US tech firms; some leaders say a decision on the list should come after US election
China's answer to the U.S. list of Chinese entities it is targeting for sanctions. https://www.wsj.com/... Josh Chin / @joshchin : Chinese leaders are eager to punch back in fight over tech with the T...
Despite being banned in China, YouTube has automatically removed comments with certain phrases that are insulting to the Communist Party, calls it an error
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How China is using social media and films to stir patriotism and get communist party propaganda enthusiastically embraced by young people
Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth. Tweets: @jianglilily , @iandenisjohnson ,...
China's social credit system extends to businesses, with 33M recently rated; some US firms were warned ratings may be affected by their stances, like on Taiwan
including court decisions, payroll data, environmental records, copyright violations, even how many employees are members of the Communist Party — and using it to grade businesses and the people who r...
How the Chinese government, long suspicious of internet companies, is now keen on harnessing tech companies' capital and knowledge to realize its goals
The government in China, long suspicious of internet companies, now sees ambitious titans like Tencent and Alibaba as useful partners. Tweets: @scs_disputes , @nytimes , @sophiehrw , and @paulmozur Tw...
China's protectionist policies helped create Chinese tech billionaires, which compels and incentivizes them to work closely with the Chinese government
Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg : Tweets: @greatfirechina , @economics , and @pelstrom . Thanks: @pelstrom Tweets: @greatfirechina : “To maintain control, the government knows it has to keep tech companies ...