China’s digital dictatorship

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/efcae358-e439-4135-9600-55b23dcd7dc8

Australia’s nuclear submarine deal with the US and UK is set to provide a political boost for Scott Morrison’s conservative government, and UK business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is due to meet energy suppliers on Monday amid fears that dozens of companies could go bust in the coming weeks due to record high gas and electricity prices, and Beijing has pushed through reams of regulations and policies designed to shore up China’s data security, reinforcing the control it exercises over huge volumes of data used in governing the country, boosting the economy and ordering people’s lives.

Australia and France intensify war of words over cancelled submarine deal https://www.ft.com/content/55173c4e-79a4-4a65-8294-3fc666026a0b

Morrison’s submarine deal drives wedge between Australian opposition https://www.ft.com/content/e7e40eae-0011-4d0a-8a59-b5d5625c7389

UK energy groups ask for government ‘bad bank’ to weather gas crisis - with David Sheppard  https://www.ft.com/content/684e4ef1-87a9-4bdf-96f4-956df4e0a1e2

China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship - with James Kynge  https://www.ft.com/content/9ef38be2-9b4d-49a4-a812-97ad6d70ea6f

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