America v China: Who controls Asia’s internet?
4 weeks ago

America v China: Who controls Asia’s internet?

Live Mint  

Nusajaya Tech Park looks like any other construction project. Among big cloud firms, China controls all of the cloud-computing clusters in Thailand and the Philippines, despite the fact that America views both as “major non-NATO allies”. Instead there are four choke points: “internet exchange points”, which let internet firms cut costs by routing traffic down the hallway rather than across the world; data centres; undersea fibre-optic cables; and telecoms firms. Put together, argue Emily De La Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic, two researchers, China’s strategy amounts to a drive for “asymmetric dominance”, seeding its data infrastructure in other countries while guarding against outside interference. As Asia’s digital build-out accelerates, countries’ allegiance is being baked into their cables and data centres whether they realise it or not.

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Why China's companies are building cloud

China Daily  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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China Daily  

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Firstpost  

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1 year, 9 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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1 year, 11 months ago

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Firstpost  

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2 years, 3 months ago

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ABC  

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2 years, 6 months ago

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LA Times  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Warns Against The Use Of Free, Open Internet - All You Need To Know
3 years, 5 months ago

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ABP News  

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3 years, 6 months ago

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The Hindu  

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U.S. begins process of halting China Telecom in its domestic operations
4 years ago

U.S. begins process of halting China Telecom in its domestic operations

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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4 years, 5 months ago

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Resisting Chinese encroachment | Opinion
4 years, 6 months ago

Resisting Chinese encroachment | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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4 years, 6 months ago

China expresses concern over India’s ban on 59 Chinese apps

The Hindu  

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Modi Govt Bans 59 Chinese Apps In India: A Blow To China’s Digital Silk Route Ambitions?
4 years, 6 months ago

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News 18  

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4 years, 10 months ago

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CNN  

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5 years ago

RSS’ Swadeshi Jagran Manch Asks PM Modi to Stop Huawei’s 5G Trials

The Quint  

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CNN  

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5 years, 7 months ago

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The Independent  

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The US is losing a major front to China in the new cold war
5 years, 8 months ago

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Live Mint  

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