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020			_a9781788169585
082			_a337.51 _bHIL
100			_aHillman, Jonathan E. _911740
245			_aThe digital Silk Road: _bChina's quest to wire the world and win the future
260			_bProfile Books _aLondon _c2021
300			_axiv, 351 p.
365			_aINR _b69.00
520			_aAn expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks. Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order. As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its interests. It will develop an unrivalled understanding of market movements, the deliberations of foreign competitors, and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems. Networks create large winners, and this is one contest that democracies can't afford to lose. Taking readers on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.
650			_aInternational economic relations _9259
650			_aAsia--Silk Road _911694
650			_aElectronic information resources _911741
650			_aDiplomatic relations _911742
650			_aHigh technology industries _91366
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