Hybrid Event
High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy
Monday, April 15, 2024 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM (ET)
Furman Hall Room 214 and Zoom (245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012)
Featuring: Angela Huyue Zhang, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law, University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Thomas Streinz, Executive Director, Guarini Global Law & Tech; Fellow, Institute for International Law and Justice; Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
About the Event:
China’s success in cultivating Big Tech firms has enabled it to emerge as a formidable rival to the United States in the digital sphere. But in the past few years, the Chinese government has embarked on a massive regulatory crackdown, targeting its largest tech corporations such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan. Many Western experts have viewed this tech crackdown as an assault on private businesses, causing doubt among investors about whether Chinese firms are still investable. Professor Angela Zhang will go beyond the headlines to unravel the dynamic complexity of China’s regulatory governance. Drawing insights from her newly published book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, she will introduce the dynamic pyramid model of regulation, an analytical framework that demystifies Chinese regulatory governance. She will examine the impact of the tech crackdown on the administrative state, the competitive landscape, and global tech rivalry. And she will peer into the future by examining China’s strategy for regulating generative artificial intelligence.
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) and Guarini Global Law & Tech of New York University School of Law