China steps up the arms race in the digital cold war | Business Spectator

China steps up the arms race in the digital cold war | Business Spectator The era in which US technology firms have dominated the globe at the same time as its government engages in the most far-reaching espionage may be drawing to a close. Snowden’s revelations are starting to look like a catalyst of sorts that is accelerating the process of China’s own rise as an internet and technology force. Chinese President Xi Jinping is clearly taking a personal interest in selling China’s technological prowess to countries who are now more open to alternatives to potentially compromised US products and services. In Brazil two weeks ago, Xi witnessed the launch of the Portuguese version of China’s Baidu search engine. Baidu’s Robin Li, Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei had accompanied Xi to South Korea just a few weeks earlier.http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/7/30/china/china-steps-arms-race-digital-cold-war?modapt=&utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=deddf3e251-Sinocism07_31_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-deddf3e251-29615013&mc_cid=deddf3e251&mc_eid=5935182a65