Numerous Chinese-language documents have been analysed in the making of this title and furthermore, literature conceptualising digital sovereignty is still limited to journal articles, making this one of the earliest collective attempts at defining this concept in the form of a book.

Introduction.- 1. Cyber/information Sovereignty and the Internet’s first Decade in China: Academic debates and the official Bu Zhenglun.- 2. An analysis the evolution of “Network sovereignty” and “information sovereignty” in China from 2005 to 2014.- 3. ourney to the East: Digital Sovereignty in China’s East Asian Relations Through the Lens of Techno-Nationalism. The Mobile Telecommunications Case-Study.- 4. Digital Sovereignty, Digital Expansionism, and the Prospects for Global AI Governance.- 5. Chinese Cybersecurity Policies in the Age of Cyber Sovereignty.- 6. “One city, two networks”: Big Data and artificial intelligence for smart public governance in Shanghai.- 7. Reflection on the Regulation of Algorithm: Legal implications and market response.- 8. A new form of socio-technical control: the case of China’s social credit system.- 9. Digital sovereignty and competition law in China and in the EU.- 10. Regulating Outbound Data Transfer: The Practice of China and a Comparative Approach.- 11. Chinese Frontiers of the Data Protection: The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL).- 12. Data property rights: the Chinese way.

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of digital sovereignty in China, which are addressed mainly from political, legal and historical point of views. The text leverages a large number of native Chinese experts among the authors at a time when literature on China’s involvement in internet governance is more widespread in the so-called “West”. Numerous Chinese-language documents have been analysed in the making of this title and furthermore, literature conceptualising digital sovereignty is still limited to journal articles, making this one of the earliest collective attempts at defining this concept in the form of a book. Such characteristics position this text as an innovative academic resource for students, researchers and practitioners in international relations (IR), law, history, media studies and philosophy.

Features both European and Chinese scholars Raises compelling issues in philosophical, legal, political and sociological terms Covers sovereignty, technological development, personal data, regulation, laws, and rights