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China Brings Push for Cyber Sovereignty to the UN

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China Brings Push for Cyber Sovereignty to the UN

Plus, links on the Moranbong Band, the Taiwan arms sale, and the South China Sea. Your weekly China news roundup.

China Brings Push for Cyber Sovereignty to the UN
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Time for your weekly China links:

I already reported on China’s World Internet Conference and the accompanying push to promote Beijing’s concept of “cyber sovereignty.” But another, less appreciated, development on the cyber governance front unfolded in New York this week. A United Nations document meant to set the framework for future Internet governance contained a key word at China’s insistence: multilateral. As the New York Times’ Dan Levin explains:

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