U.S.-China tensions could split the internet ࢀ" and data will play a key role in how far that goes

Chinaࢀ™s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a working session on the primary day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. Patrick Stollarz | AFP | Getty Photos GUANGZHOU, China ࢀ" Political tensions between the U.S. and China have thrust expertise and provide chains into the highlight and threaten to fracture the web. Over the previous few years, a rising refrain of voices have predicted a so-called splinternet, the concept a form of two-track web may seem ࢀ" one led by the U.S. and one by China. Whereas there isnࢀ™t any…