Tianyu M. Fang

Aug 28, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Tianyu M. Fang

Photography by Warun Siriprachai for Rest of World When one of China’s once-popular electric vehicle startups went bust, car owners encountered an unexpected problem: Their vehicles went “offline.” Richard Qian didn’t know what to expect when he heard that WM Motor, a Shanghai-based EV maker popular for its low prices, filed for bankruptcy in October 2023.

Mar 13, 2024 | newamerica.org | Tianyu M. Fang

More than a decade ago, the world watched as China shut off its internet. Beijing blocked Twitter and Facebook in 2009, and in recent years, the Chinese government has advocated for a vision of “cyber sovereignty,” arguing that the internet must be bound by national borders and subject to the state’s control.

Dec 12, 2023 | newamerica.org | Tianyu M. Fang |Tim Hwang

A decade ago, the United States government saw technology, particularly the internet, as a vehicle to promote democratic values and global trade, and as a positive force for international understanding. In 2010, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “We need to work toward a world in which access to networks and information brings people closer together and expands the definition of the global community.”This belief became a defining quality of the 2000s.

Sep 30, 2023 | joinreboot.org | Tianyu M. Fang

I’ve always been fascinated with the offshore world and the role of island nations in our global financial system. Microstates play a critical part in our digital infrastructure, too—starting from your browser’s address bar. By Tianyu FangYou might not have heard of Anguilla, a Caribbean island that lies east to the Virgin Islands. One of Britain’s 14 overseas territories, Anguilla has a population of 15,780 and is about 2.9 times the size of Manhattan.

Sep 27, 2023 | time.com | Tim Hwang |Tianyu M. Fang

IdeasSeptember 27, 2023 12:10 PM EDTHwang and Fang are currently distinguished fellows under New America's Technology & Democracy Programs. Hwang is the author of Subprime Attention Crisis; Fang is a writer and technologist in Palo Alto, CA. President Joe Biden’s recent visit to India and Vietnam marked one of the administration’s recent signals for economic and technological “de-risking” with China.