China’s Data Play

China’s Data Play
A screen in the data center control room of e-commerce giant JD.com where they track sales and trends at the company's headquarters in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Beijing is quietly overhauling how Chinese firms handle data, and these changes are likely to have global implications.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
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