TY - BOOK AU - Chan,Gerald TI - China's digital Silk Road: setting standards, powering growth SN - 9781803921204 U1 - 338.476712 PY - 2022/// CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar Publishing, KW - Trade routes KW - Eurasia KW - Electronic commerce KW - China KW - Digital currency KW - Digital communications N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-178) and index N2 - In recent years, China has become a world leader in e-commerce, e-currency, 5G and artificial intelligence, cementing itself as a major competitor to established powers. Gerald Chan poses the question: How has China pulled this off? Arguing that the answer lies in the country’s Digital Silk Road, a multi- faceted programme to connect the world via digital means, the book explores how China has shaped the development of the digital order, secured a critical role in internet governance and upset the status-quo powers ER -