Asia ‘Digital colonialism’: why some countries want to take control of their people’s data from Big Tech October 28, 2019 0 Image credit: photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Written by Jacqueline Hicks There is a global standoff going on about who stores your data. At the close…
China Germany has an AI strategy: How does it stack up against China’s? Part I October 2, 2019 0 Image Credit: Silicon vally by Jannes Pockele/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Michael Laha. This is Part I of a two-part post. From the…
China Can digital technology solve the trust issue in urbanising China? March 11, 2019 0 Written by Bingqin Li. In a country like China, rural and urban societies are geographically, economically, socially, and even culturally separated societies. Urbanisation breaks this…
Taiwan Programming Languages and Rails Girls: On refactoring the social norm February 28, 2019 1 Written by: Audrey Tang. During the first half of the 20th century people working for women’s rights achieved many legal victories, bringing equality in voting rights, of education, of individual economy, and of…
Taiwan Limits to high technology: Taiwan’s east coast railway accident November 5, 2018 0 Written by Michael Reilly. On 21st October, a Puyuma express train of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) came off the tracks near Suao in north…
China Tech Giants’ Agenda Is at Odds with CCP Priorities September 6, 2018 0 Written by Severine Arsene. The digital may seem like a solution to all the problems of the Chinese government. By digitizing all sectors of the…
China Chinese Artists Exploring Posthumanism Through a Buddhist lens July 5, 2018 0 Written by Rebecca Catching. William Gibson’s quip, “The future is already here—it's just not very evenly distributed,” makes itself profoundly obvious in a country such…
Elections Will Malaysia’s incumbent government fall into opposition hands? May 8, 2018 1 Written by Tricia Yeoh. Ruling incumbent Barisan Nasional (Barisan) has governed Malaysia since the country’s independence in 1957, despite attempts by different opposition parties at forming…
China Is China fast becoming a major force in A.I.? April 12, 2018 0 Written by Andy Chun. Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen by many nations to be highly strategic and an enabling technology for further economic growth. In…
China How China’s Massive AI Plan Actually Works April 11, 2018 0 Written by Matt Sheehan. When the Chinese government released its Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Plan in July 2017, it crisply articulated the country’s ambition: to become…