China's data localization. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Jinhe
• Is Part Of: Chinese journal of communication. Volume 13:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 84
• Page End: 103
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Cross-border data flows -- Chinese Internet governance -- data localization -- Internet sovereignty -- Internet governance; Communication -- China -- Periodicals; 302.2095105
• DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2019.1649289
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-4750

Abstract

Abstract : China has established a comprehensive cross-border data flow regulatory regime, the core of which is "local storage, outbound assessment." This article offers a theoretical framework for exploring the forces that have driven China's data localization. Under the guidance of technological nationalism and the ideology of the Holistic National Security Concept, practical security needs, industrial benefits, and technological development have been the main forces that have driven localization, which has been institutionalized by means of the proposed Internet sovereignty and the government-led regime. China's data localization, which is a typical product of Internet sovereignty, is based on the external environment and its domestic endowments. By understanding China's data localization, we can comprehend China's Internet governance.