To report on tech, journalists must also learn to report on China - Columbia Journalism Review

Six years ago, Americans wondered why China couldn’t “innovate.” Today, the question is laughable—Chinese technology, from popular apps including TikTok and WeChat to the hardware in our laptops and phones, is a fixture of everyday life in the US. Along with such influence come the messy complications of geopolitics—seen by both countries as an undesirable […]

To report on tech, journalists must also learn to report on China - Columbia Journalism Review --> b Analysis The lobby of the Huaqiangbei International Maker Center in Shenzhen, taken during the author’s research project with Studio D Radiodurans . Photo by Jan Chipchase/ Studio D Radiodurans © b Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter . Six years ago, Americans wondered why China couldn’t “innovate.” Today, the question is laughable—Chinese technology, from popular apps including TikTok and WeChat to the hardware in our laptops and phones, is a fixture of everyday life in the US. Along with suc

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