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[Technology] “Techlash” with Chinese characteristics – TechCrunch NS [TechCrunch Global Affairs Project](//techcrunch.com/2021/10/23/introducing-the-techcrunch-global-affairs-project/) Examine the increasingly intertwined relationships between the technology sector and global politics. This is the second of two articles comparing the impact of US and Chinese technology crackdowns. Yesterday, special series editor Scott Bade wrote about the geopolitical consequences of each country’s approach. In this work, Nathan Picardic and Emily de la Bruyère examine how China’s “tecrash” is being promoted by domestic politics. In November 2020, Chinese regulators suddenly suspended Ant Group’s IPOs in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Immediately after the ride-hailing service Didi was released on the...
