A combination of one of the oldest professions – espionage – with one of the newer ones – cyber hacking – has led to hyperbole and threats of kinetic escalation. But is…
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Asia and the Pacific
04 Jan 2021
The surge in online shopping during the pandemic has been accompanied by an equivalent growth in digital payments, including the use of new digital currencies that lie…
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Asia and the Pacific
30 Dec 2020
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is at an advanced stage of conducting pilot studies with its digital currency. What will a digital yuan entail domestically for China,…
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Asia and the Pacific
29 Dec 2020
Estonia’s digital infrastructure and IT savviness, developed since the mid-1990s, helped manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The Baltic state is cushioning the effects of post-…
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Asia and the Pacific
28 Dec 2020