Downstream: China’s Internet, Sci-Fi, AI & Tech Optimism Explained w/ Yi-Ling Liu
Take part in our survey: novara.media/survey The 1990s were a decade of mass technological disruption, as the internet was rolled out across the globe, and we logged on for the first time. In China, the arrival of the internet was swiftly followed by what has come to be known as the ‘great firewall’, a complex matrix of censorship, surveillance and state control. From that point on, there were two internets: the World Wide Web, and the Chinese internet. On Downstream this week, Aaron Bastani talks to Yi-Ling Liu, China analyst and author of the new book ‘The Wall Dancers: Searching for…
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