89: Just how much tech is in China’s health code?

As the coronavirus swept through China, communities, local governments, and business have been trying to figure out how to best follow social isolation rules. This being China, of course, tech majors and telcos jumped at the chance to serve the country by leveraging their vast data pools. But how much tech is actually behind the country's health code systems? Should we be more worried about how China is using data.

 

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David Cohen, @MartynvanBuren

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John Artman, @knowsnothing, TechNodeMatthew Brennan, @mbrennanchina, ChinaChannel

Editor

Peter Isachenko

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