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China invents the digital totalitarian state

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Earlier this year, for instance, the party asked China Electronics Technology Group, one of the country’s largest defence contractors, to develop software to predict terrorist risks on the basis of people’s job records, financial background…

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China, South Africa to match mine wits

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CUMT president professor Shirong Ge said China had achieved a leading global position in geospatial technology “after decades of development” with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. “Universities like ours have the responsibility to introduce ……

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Ant Financial makes inroads in South Korea

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China’s internet finance heavyweight Ant Financial Service Group gained another foothold in overseas expansion, after a local lender it helped launch obtained the first operating license for internet-only banks from South Korean regulators. The move…

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