China’s Digital Power: Assessing the Implications for the EU

Summary:

What are the implications of China’s growing footprint in digital tech for the EU? Digital Power China, a group of engineers and China scholars has addressed this question in this new report.

The chapters are co-authored by engineers and China experts on semiconductors, 5G and beyond, AI/IoT, information campaigns, standardization and connectivity. All chapters reflect on four sets of challenges – ranging from economic to political, security and values – and provide specific policy recommendations to policymakers in Europe.

Questioning long-held beliefs, this report systematically pairs engineering and China knowledge to facilitate a well-grounded EU policy response.

Table of Contents:

• About the Digital Power China research consortium
• Getting China’s digital technology policy right: implications for the EU
• Europe’s dependence on Chinese semiconductor manufacturing
• Wireless networks and EU-China relations beyond the “Huawei debate”: Is China a partner, competitor or systemic rival on 5G and 6G?
• AI and IoT Developments in China and the Relevance for EU Policy – a scoping study
• Inflaming Transatlantic Tensions? China’s Public Diplomacy Efforts to Influence EU-US Relations
• Power competition and China’s technical standardisation
• Projecting digital power internationally: Europe’s digital China challenge

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