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China could be considered the sleeping lion awakening in the global gaming industry. And there’s plenty of ‘soft power’ to be exerted through its ventures.
China’s mortgage strikes are affecting its economy but won’t cause global contagion.
TikTok has admitted its Chinese employees have access to user data collected outside China.
In China, social media is being censored to reflect pro-Russian sentiment, making it impossible to gauge public opinion of Chinese people on the Russian invasion.
China limited families to one child from 1980 to 2015 to curb population growth. The policy paid off economically for the country, but it left couples whose only child died grieving and impoverished.
It would be useful for China’s big tech firms to toe the party line. But the once mutually-beneficial relationship between these companies and the government is becoming increasingly strained.
If a new deal between Microsoft and ByteDance goes through, the Chinese company may withdraw ownership of its TikTok operations in not only the US – but also Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The US is also ‘looking at’ banning the Chinese social media app.
Public criticism of the Chinese government’s handling of coronavirus shows that the Chinese people can overcome both strict censorship and a gaping class divide when they get angry enough.
Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and one of the most recognizable faces of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama has turned 84 and the question of a successor is pressing – and controversial.
How does the two-child policy in China impact women’s equality? Do women have the ability to stop when they no longer want more children?
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Information Technology, Murdoch University
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Assistant professor, Sociology, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, RMIT University Vietnam
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
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Reader in Economics, Cardiff University, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, York University, Canada
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Professor of Chinese Digital Media and Culture, Queensland University of Technology
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Course Instructor, Fordham University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Religion, Syracuse University