World Internet Conference and China’s Promotion of Cyber Sovereignty

Authors

  • Grace X. Yang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54148/ELTELJ.2024.2.109

Keywords:

World Internet Conference, cyber sovereignty, China, Non-alignment Movement, Natural Language Processing

Abstract

Despite ongoing criticism, the Chinese government has continuously hosted the World Internet Conference for the last decade. This research explores the motives behind China’s persistent efforts, particularly focusing on its strategies for advocating cyber sovereignty. It uses natural language processing and discourse analysis to analyse official documents and Chinese media reports about the World Internet Conference. It finds that China uses discourses aligned with the ideologies of Non-aligned Movement members to facilitate the promotion of cyber sovereignty and leverage the World Internet Conference to build partnerships to influence the development of global cyber governance.

Author Biography

Grace X. Yang

Grace X. Yang, PhD Candidate, Osteuropa Institut, Freie Universität Berlin. This paper was supported by the project ‘PRIN 2022KTTSBC – Digital Sovereignty’, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and University. ORCID iD: 0009-0003-9275-4650.

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Published

2025-01-20

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Section

Symposium