China Wants to Dominate the Internet

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: January 23, 2019 at 9:02:48 AM GMT+9
> To: Interesting Stuff list <is () iconia com>
> Subject: IS: China Wants to Dominate the Internet
>
> Its new geopolitical strategy is a threat to open networks. America and its allies must respond.
> EXCERPT:
> For the past year, the U.S. and China have been engaged in a wide-ranging trade war. Nominally, the dispute concerns 
> intellectual-property violations, forced technology transfers and other unfair practices. In reality, though, this 
> clash is a symptom of a much larger strategic showdown — one in which Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks “decisive 
> victory.”
>
> Aided by technology, China is embarking on a new kind of geopolitical strategy. As the Chinese Academy of Sciences 
> explained, the goal is to build a “ubiquitous and universally used information network system.” In doing so, China 
> hopes to bolster its national champions, increase the world’s reliance on Chinese technology and erode U.S. strategic 
> advantages. It also wants to gain control over global data and information exchanges, thereby claiming leverage to 
> advance its interests. America and its allies must recognize this threat and prepare to respond forcefully.
>
> China’s government has long controlled its commercial sector. State-owned companies dominate many industries, while 
> even ostensibly private firms are required to put the government’s interests first. Favored businesses receive state 
> support in a domestic sandbox. Beijing deploys protectionist policies in areas of the economy thought to be 
> strategically valuable.
>
> Increasingly, that means technology. For instance, the oft-cited “Made in China 2025” initiative stresses the need to 
> foster Chinese companies in high-tech fields such as robotics, aerospace and information technology in the hopes of 
> competing with Western tech giants. The subsidies and protectionist measures that support the plan are a major point 
> of contention with the U.S.
>
> But China’s true ambitions are larger. In the longer term, it seeks an all-encompassing advantage in what it 
> perceives to be a zero-sum race for technological dominance. Its strategy to achieve this goal is twofold...
>
> [...]
> https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-21/china-wants-to-dominate-the-internet
>
> -- 
> Geoff.Goodfellow () iconia com
> living as The Truth is True
> http://geoff.livejournal.com  



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