27 Sep 2021
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On Sunday, Vice Premier Liu He addressed the 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit via videolink.
Some context: The old river town Wuzhen hosts this annual gathering to promote China’s approach to internet governance.
Liu's speech had plenty of good words for internet technology (Xinhu...
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