Tag: china
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Two new books reflect on how the cartographies of power are being redrafted in the twenty-first century. As Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro demonstrate in China Goes Green, the emergent… more ›
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What do camgirls have in common with Twitch streamers? Essay abstract Two systems of livestreaming monetisation What do camgirls have in common with Twitch streamers? Livestreaming DTC versus Livestreaming aggregators… more ›
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Can love be quantified? Most people would probably say no, but China’s celebrity super fans disagree. They measure their devotion to their favorite stars by the hours they spend obsessively… more ›
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With years of public investment and plenty of penetration for its phone makers, China is well placed to establish a digital currency in Africa. Since the mid 2000s, China has… more ›
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A woman we’ll call Fan had heard about the men of Alibaba before she joined its high-profile affiliate about three years ago. Some of them were “greasy,” she said, to… more ›
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The intense attention that Chinese leaders have dedicated to MCF, along with forceful rhetoric, reflects concerns that reforms have not progressed rapidly enough. MCF aims to promote deeper integration of… more ›
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Tencent’s WeChat Pay and Alibaba’s affiliate Alipay have long dominated digital payments in China, but they have always faced new challengers. The latest entrant in online payments is Douyin, TikTok’s… more ›
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Video footage from Wuhan during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic shows how the Chinese government could have done more to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, and its attempts… more ›
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Coercion with consent satisfies the dual goals of stability and sustainability for China — and could work beyond China as well. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge that the world’s second-largest… more ›
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Sources said the force had started asking internet service providers (ISPs) to halt access to the HKChronicles website citing Article 43 of the law and its implementation rules. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3117072/hong-kong-police-use-national-security-law-block more ›