Editor’s note for Friday, August 20, 2021
A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.
Dear reader,
Todayโs newsletter is a summary of this weekโs most important news. Further recommended reading this weekend:
โWill the next American war be with China?โ asks the New Yorker, in a piece on โa conservative effort to prepare Americans for a military conflict in Taiwan.โ
China today approved its new data privacy law, perhaps the strictest set of such legislation in the world. The law โwill curb data collection by technology companies, butโฆpolicy analysts say is unlikely to limit the stateโs widespread use of surveillance,โ reports the Wall Street Journal.
- Related, from Bloomberg: China broadens restrictions on driver data gathered by carmakers
โJack Maโs costliest business lesson: China has only one leaderโ is the title of a meaty piece, also from the Wall Street Journal, on how the โbillionaire entrepreneur matched the heights of Americaโs tech legends but failed to heed warnings that Chinese leader Xรญ Jรฌnpรญng ไน ่ฟๅนณ still called the shots.โ
Admin note: Weโre shutting down our app in September, because our mobile website has proved to be a far superior experience. We hope you agree, but do let me know if you donโt!
โJeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief
