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CNKI catches watchdog eye

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On Friday, China's cybersecurity watchdog (CAC) announced it has launched a cybersecurity review of state-owned academic publisher CNKI, an online journal clearinghouse similar to JSTOR in the US.

Yup, that's the same kind of review that landed Didi in heaps of trouble.

Some context: CNKI has...