China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South

For those wanting to understand implications for the Global South of China’s emergence as a digital superpower, this book analyses China’s digital impact in Latin America, North Africa and Asia, covering issues including platforms, e-commerce, technology transfer and digital surveillance.It also incorporates a major literature review that outlines a six-part future research agenda. At the intersection of China’s growing global presence and growing digital power lies its digital expansion in the low- and middle-income countries of the Global South.Worth billions of USD annually in trade and investment, and having a significant impact on these countries’ social and economic development, this phenomenon has been relatively ignored by researchers to date.This major new volume provides significant new insights that help advance our knowledge of this important topic.A systematic review of literature identifies key issues within the field and outlines a six-part future research agenda.Those i