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Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

Addis agenda lays down funding task for multilaterals

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INTERNATIONAL

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

CAI threatens to undermine EU-US cooperation on China

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EU/CHINA

Under the CAI, which is the first economic agreement between the EU and China, Beijing made most of the concessions in order to get a deal agreed before US President Joe Biden’s…

Cambodia-US frictions are set to worsen

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CAMBODIA/US

The moves are the latest in a series of frictions between Phnom Penh and Washington which centre on political freedoms in Cambodia and, following his arrest on September 3…

UK investment in Africa will lag international rivals

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UK/AFRICA

UK-Africa trade, investment.

Mekong frictions likely to rise in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The minister called for “all upstream Mekong River nations to adopt proper policies in exploiting the river”, especially regarding construction of hydropower dams. The comments…

Washington's new Africa policy faces familiar hurdles

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US/AFRICA

US-Africa policy.

Pandemic dampens South-east Asia's digital agenda

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SOUTH-EAST

Although internet use in the region fell slightly after lockdown conditions were lifted, it is still above pre-pandemic levels. Yet the region’s digital divide is extensive…

US AI export controls on China have limits

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US/CHINA

However, the open-source nature of much AI development, and China’s mature domestic environment for driving AI development, mean such new measures are unlikely to impede Chinese…

China will scale computing infrastructure for AI

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CHINA

To that end, in early October, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), together with five other ministry-level government bodies, published an Action Plan for…