IntroductionChina’sdigitalandITsectorhasgrownsomuch,andbecomesuchaleadingglobalsupplier,thatithasspawnedimagesthatareevenlargerthanlife:suchisthecasefor“socialcredit”,orpandemiccontacttra-cing,andcurrentlywithAI.Chinaisclearlyintheforefront,thanksinparttocentraldecisionsandmar-ketscale.Itpossessesuniqueadvantages:thescaleofitsbigdata,afastgrowththatfavorsleapfroggingandtheintroductionofinnovation,apublicthatisoftendigitalnative,andthegovernment’suncontestedpowertomakedecisionsandundertakelargeprojects.Agenerationofdataandcomputerspecialistshassprungup,andstart-upsarehelpedbyabundantventureca-pital,itselfpushedaheadbythecertaintythatthisisasectorpromot...