Battling Chinese Big Tech encroachment in India

Battling Chinese Big Tech encroachment in India

Chinese big tech companies are amongst the largest and most innovative companies in the world, the steep growth of which has amazed many across the globe. Their penetration into the emerging markets has helped developing nations acquire cutting-edge technology and improved connectivity with the world, but it has come at a cost. The close working relationship between Chinese big tech and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is perceived as a national security threat by many countries. These tech giants are more than capable of serving the party’s strategic and geopolitical interests. The extent to which CCP wants to dictate control in the cyberspace domain is evident from the official statements from Cyber Administration of China (CAC). According to CAC, the CCP’s ideas should always become the strongest voice in cyberspace, and China’s proposition of internet governance should be an international consensus. This can be achieved through enhancing the “global influence of internet companies like Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Huawei.”


Chinese Quid pro quo


As per the CCP’s Constitution, it is mandatory for any enterprise, with more than three or more full party workers, to form a party’s organisation and provide for party activities. Big tech firms are not an exception to this rule; in fact, they have the highest number of internal CCP Party committees, which aim to promote party loyalty. Huawei has over 300 party branches, Alibaba has around 200, and Tencent has around 100. Additionally, Jack Ma of Alibaba, Robin Lo of Baidu, Pony Ma of Tencent and Lei Jun of Xiaomi are members of ..

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