The emergence of China's smart state
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), ix, 250 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: Digital Technologies and Global Politics
ISBN 978-1-5381-8441-7 (hbk); 978-1-5381-8442-4 (ebook)
"China’s emergence as a technology leader has become a major factor in geopolitics, transforming global political and economic relationships. In its bid to achieve digital great power status, China’s government has reformed laws and policies, drastically increased investment, and become more assertive internationally. Chinese companies have expanded at home and abroad, but relationships between government and the private sector have sometimes been fractious. The Emergence of China’s Smart State assesses the extent to which the Chinese government has been able to achieve its ambitious digital goals, and more broadly, how this reflects rapidly changing domestic and international political and economic dynamics surrounding China’s rise as a major technology player. This is the first book of its kind, interrogating the complex, dynamic interactions between political, market, and technological factors that structure China’s digital development." (Publisher description)
PART I: DIGITAL CONCEPTS AND INSTITUTIONS
1 The Cyberspace Administration of China: A Portrait / Jamie Horsley and Rogier Creemers, 9
2 The Stumbling Smart State: Fragmented Policy Experimentation and Dubious Consolidation / Straton Papagianneas and Adam Knight, 35
PART II: STRATEGIC EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
3 China’s Industrial Policy for Semiconductors / John Lee, 55
4 Fintech in China: Trading off Growth and Risk, Innovation, and Control / Martin Chorzempa, 83
PART III: INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CONFRONTATION
5 China: A Technical Standardisation Power? / Tim Rühlig, 103
6 China and Global Data Transfers: Implications for Future Rulemaking / Hunter Dorwart, 123
7 China and Global Internet Governance: ITU, ICANN, and the World Internet Conference / Gianluigi Negro, 153
8 Becoming a Cyber Superpower: China Builds Offensive Capability with Military, Government, and Private Sector Forces / Mei Danowski, 171
PART IV: LOCAL DYNAMICS
9 China—A Rising Tech Power? National Ambitions and Local Realities / Genia Kostka, 199
10 Opening the City Through Debordering IT: The Making of an Innovation Ecosystem in a Post-Industrial Special Economic Zone in China / Yujing Tan, 227
1 The Cyberspace Administration of China: A Portrait / Jamie Horsley and Rogier Creemers, 9
2 The Stumbling Smart State: Fragmented Policy Experimentation and Dubious Consolidation / Straton Papagianneas and Adam Knight, 35
PART II: STRATEGIC EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
3 China’s Industrial Policy for Semiconductors / John Lee, 55
4 Fintech in China: Trading off Growth and Risk, Innovation, and Control / Martin Chorzempa, 83
PART III: INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CONFRONTATION
5 China: A Technical Standardisation Power? / Tim Rühlig, 103
6 China and Global Data Transfers: Implications for Future Rulemaking / Hunter Dorwart, 123
7 China and Global Internet Governance: ITU, ICANN, and the World Internet Conference / Gianluigi Negro, 153
8 Becoming a Cyber Superpower: China Builds Offensive Capability with Military, Government, and Private Sector Forces / Mei Danowski, 171
PART IV: LOCAL DYNAMICS
9 China—A Rising Tech Power? National Ambitions and Local Realities / Genia Kostka, 199
10 Opening the City Through Debordering IT: The Making of an Innovation Ecosystem in a Post-Industrial Special Economic Zone in China / Yujing Tan, 227
