June 2, 2020
| Scott Kennedy, Shining Tan From Trustee China Hand Up through January 2020, the US-China trade war dominated the headlines and oriented most of the discussion about East Asia’s economic trajectory.
June 2, 2020
| Eugenia Lostri From Technology Policy Blog Last week, interest in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) peaked after President Trump issued an Executive Order proposing limits on the protections the law provides to social media platforms. The responses to the EO show how large social media companies...
As the impacts of climate change become more apparent, many in the environmental community are turning towards the intentional manipulation of Earth’s climate to counteract the problem. However, the limitations of the technology should temper hopes of a miracle cure...
The United States should strengthen export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to prevent adversaries from gaining the ability to manufacture state-of-the-art AI chips that could eventually pose a national security threat
Contact tracing apps are not a silver bullet for COVID-19. At best, they are a partial solution that will only work if deployed in concert with a robust testing regime and expanded manual tracing efforts.
As quarantine has put normal life on pause, TikTok, the short-video social platform from China, has exploded in popularity and influence in the United States and around the world.
May 4, 2020
| Shining Tan From Trustee China Hand Research associate Shining Tan explains how Alibaba and Tencent have led the effort to create and roll out a health code monitor for every Chinese citizen. China is finding it difficult to protect everyone’s health and their privacy at the same time.
May 4, 2020
| Scott Kennedy From Trustee China Hand Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy dives into the latest data on charitable giving and shows how philanthropy has changed in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
May 4, 2020 From Trustee China Hand Research intern Seungha Lee analyzes China's mixed progress in regulating facial recognition technologies, both through legal and regulatory changes as well as emerging industry standards.
