Cyber Sovereignty & Wuzhen Summit 2017 Update: China's 4th WIC (video)

World Internet Conference attracts worldwide talent to China's Wuzhen

CGTN America video above published Dec 3, 2017: The World Internet Conference (WIC) attracted worldwide talent to Wuzhen, China. Tech and political leaders came together to discuss the future of the internet. CGTN’s Zou Yun reports.

I totally agree on what I just heard “Big names are here, #WuzhenSummit is the Davos for #DigitalEconomy” #WorldInternetConference pic.twitter.com/j0CJ63J9hu

— Miguel Ángel Margáin (@MA_Margain) December 4, 2017

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China's President Xi Jinping renews call for  ‘cyber sovereignty’ at the Wuzhen Summit a/k/a World Internet Conference--

• Apple, Google CEOs Bring Star Power as China Promotes Censorship | Bloomberg.com

• Internet censorship: It's on the rise and Silicon Valley is helping it happen | ZDNet.com: "Instead of opposing the internet barriers raised by the world's authoritarian regimes, Silicon Valley is playing along."
• China’s Xi Jinping Opens Tech Conference With Call for ‘Cyber Sovereignty’ | WSJ.com: "China’s President Xi Jinping called for “more fair and equitable” governance of the global web, as the country opened a state-run internet conference aimed at pushing its alternative vision of the web."
• China Asserts Cyber Sovereignty; Google, Apple Plead for Better Access | Variety.com: "Western companies have complained that they are not allowed access to Chinese markets and customers while Chinese companies can operate freely overseas. That potentially puts China in breach of its obligations to the World Trade Organization. But China suggests that cyber sovereignty is a matter of national security, protecting the country from crime and terrorism."(emphasis added)
• UNICEF highlights child online safety at Wuzhen Summit | ChinaDailyAsia.com.

Cyber sovereignty, the idea that each country has the right to censor and regulate the internet is being taken up elsewhere including Russia which temporarily blocked Tencent’s social media app WeChat in May for not complying with local regulations. Also addressing the conference Sunday were Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In the last year, Apple has removed from its local App Store various apps not  approved by China's government, including Skype. Facebook, Google, Netflix, YouTube, and Twitter, are among the many western tech companies blocked in China. China was ranked last in terms of internet freedom in a survey last month by Freedom House, a pro-democracy group that lists Google among its funders. "One person who won’t be making an appearance this year is China’s former internet tsar Lu Wei, who delivered a speech at the closing ceremony two years ago. Lu has been detained amid an internal party corruption investigation."--South China Morning Post | scmp.com.

Top tech CEOs take to the stage as Wuzhen Summit opens in East China's Zhejiang province, Dec 3, 2017. (Photo: IC) pic.twitter.com/ySb2H2bM8b

— China Daily (@ChinaDailyUSA) December 3, 2017

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