1、MARCH 2023Re-platformed Planet?Implications of the Rise and Spread of Chinese Platform TechnologiesBy Peter D.RaymondEfforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power.The countries that take command of the internet will win the world.Chinese president Xi Jinping1Chinas efforts to domina

2、te and potentially weaponize next-generation technologies are now garnering considerable attention.In October 2022,the Biden administration imposed wide-ranging restrictions on Chinas access to advanced chip technologies,and it is considering additional actions on quantum computing,artificial intell

3、igence(AI),and biotechnologies.These measures come on top of broader Western efforts to constrain Chinas growing dominance in telecommunications and surveillance technologies,such as those provided by Huawei,ZTE,Hikvision,and others.Beyond their implications for weapons systems,these efforts reflect

4、 concerns regarding whose technologies will underlie our increasingly digital societies and what those technologies might be used for.Only recently,however,have the risks posed by Chinas internet platformssocial media,e-commerce,and search applications such as TikTok,AliExpress,and WeChatbegun to be

5、 considered.Like their U.S.counterparts(such as Facebook,Google,and Amazon),Chinese platforms facilitate user1.Zhou Xin,Coco Feng,andMinghe Hu,“With rising confidence,Xi Jinping wields the internet as a tool of empowerment and control,speeches reveal,”South China Morning Post,March 18,2021,https:/ P

6、lanet?Implications of the Rise and Spread of Chinese Platform Technologies|2interaction and offer community,connectivity,shopping,news,entertainment,search,and many other now indispensable functions for our internet-reliant digital societies.With TikToks explosive growth in the United States,there i