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China’s Global Internet Ambitions: Finding Roots in ASEAN
24 Jul 2017

Chinese Internet companies have bet big on the region through investments and partnerships with Southeast Asian companies in e-commerce, digital finance, gaming, and cloud computing, among other things. This paper presents a number of economic opportunities for the region to leapfrog stages in digital connectivity and technology but also poses political and strategic challenges to ASEAN that need to be acknowledged and addressed sooner rather than later

China a ‘Strong Internet Power’ (网络强国) and Its Evolving Relationship with ASEAN
01 Feb 2017

This paper seeks to look at China's aspirations of becoming a "strong Internet power" and the various laws, policies and plans that it has put in place to support this and its engagement with the ASEAN region.