Kissinger Institute

@shotinshanghai identifies three key concepts in understanding trends in US-China tech relations: cybersovereignty, financialization, and cultural security

contextualizing 2015 US-China cybersecurity agreement: "there has been an interest by the Chinese government and by Chinese companies to participate in international standards-making"

Kokas: "The Chinese government has successfully created a system when US companies have every incentive to work through joint ventures owned by Chinese partners-- frequently Chinese government owned partners" @shotinshanghai

on 2017 #China Cybersecurity Law: the provision that "critical information or personal information produced in China must be stored in China led to Apple's decision to build their #iCloud storage in Guizhou province," which also may be a regional development move

.@wenhongchen: "#China's digital economy has not been a part of its planned economy. A big part of the tech economy, including some up-and-coming players, have primarily developed outside of state control. Many tech giants are publically traded in NYC, HK"@EastWestCenter

Chen: "The state does want to have greater control of these tech companies-- not just the big ones, but also the next generation of . These aren't simply tech companies, but can also be finance companies," referring to #China's mobile payments sector @wenhongchen

Chen: "While Tencent is trying to become more global, their biggest product, Wechat remains mostly Chinese/Chinese diaspora." Chen cites Tencent's investments in @FortniteGame as an effort to globalize in gaming sector/solidify role as a VC

"Tech companies initially developed outside of state control, by US-trained students who returned to China s in the 1990s/2000s. A lot of these businesses were labeled as "copied to China" Now confident, tech giants argue that the time of "copied to China is over"- @wenhongchen

Robert Daly on Wechat usage by the Chinese diaspora: "Is it legal to have a social media platform using censorship mechanisms in the United States?"

Kokas: "Chinese users can self-censor, and know their content is being censored. There are multiple layers in how this limits discourse. One is through formal government censorship,but there is also a chilling effect on other platforms." @shotinshanghai

Chen:"Will the Chinese governemnt consider that some day, Chinese tech companies have to compete in the global market? How will they detal with issues of censorship, or what users outside of China will think? Now is the time to bring these issues on the table." @wenhongchen

Kokas comments on #ZTE developments, emphasizing "thinking proactively about which types of tech are strategic, which protections they need. A longer strategic vision is important, not quick reversals" @shotinshanghai