China’s Control Over ‘Algorithms’

China’s Control Over ‘Algorithms’
Journalists walk past a screen showing video footage of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during a visit to the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on June 25, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Fan Yu
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Cue the references to a “Matrix”-like dystopian future where Chinese citizens are trapped in a simulated reality managed by state-controlled computer algorithms.

Fan Yu
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Fan Yu is an expert in finance and economics and has contributed analyses on China's economy since 2015.
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