China rises as world's data superpower as internet fractures

Asian 'data sphere' gives the country twice the information flows of the US

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People view laptop computers from Chinese tech firm Huawei at an expo in Beijing. China has quickly become a data superpower. © AP

TORU TSUNASHIMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Back in 2001, the U.S. was the dominant country when it came to cross-border data flows. It was the early days of the internet boom, and America was where tech companies and tech-savvy consumers were.

But the global data order is changing rapidly.

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