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China's internet firms will play greater policy role

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CHINA

The individual measures taken during that time were largely responses to particular issues and events. This policy plan sets a new, integrated agenda.

China's 'Internet Plus' pioneers new national IT model

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CHINA

China's new national IT development plan.

South-east Asia digital controls hit connectivity plan

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

It seeks to accelerate recovery from COVID-19 by capitalising on the rise in internet use and digital trade during the pandemic. However, new restrictive laws on internet use in…

South-east Asia’s edtech sector will mature unevenly

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

This has stretched -- but also stimulated -- the emerging edtech sector in the region, and uncovered the many challenges the sector faces in the long term.

Growth of AI faces stiff challenges in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

As AI systems become increasingly central to the global economy, this poor performance risks further damaging the economic prospects of a region that has long struggled to achieve…

South-east Asian data centres face internal challenges

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

These developments are part of a larger trend in South-east Asia: as the fastest-growing digital market in the world, the region is also booming as a destination for foreign…

Xi's common prosperity uses old methods on new targets

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CHINA

The meeting ended with a call for high incomes to be regulated and for the rich to 'give back' more. It followed a series of dramatic regulatory actions against large private…

Other Chinese tech groups may follow Alibaba breakup

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CHINA

Alibaba will remain as a holding company overseeing six subsidiaries, five of which may list independently in due course. The individual companies are intended to increase in…

South African entrenched interests could stifle reform

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SOUTH AFRICA

Although this was above market expectations and the economy has avoided entering a technical recession, fears persist over the slow pace of reforms by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s…

African digital economy faces uneven outlook

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AFRICA

This is attributable to relatively low internet penetration, the limited number of digital platforms and e-commerce businesses, and low investment and digital skills levels. These…