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Prabir Purkayastha
TikTok Ban and Trump’s Extortionist Policies
29 Aug 2020
China sees the US demand for opening their and others’ markets, while ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok, as another version of the Opium War. If TikTok owning the data of its users is dangerous to…
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Alibaba’s UC Web Lays off Over 300 Indian Employees: Report
17 Jul 2020
As India has banned 59 Chinese-origin mobile Apps and a probe is underway on alleged espionage threat from the Apps, the jobs of a few thousand Indian employees are at stake.
The Associated Press
Chinese Companies Emerge as Global Donors in Virus Pandemic
09 Jun 2020
African governments, including Senegal, Rwanda and Ethiopia, have publicly thanked Chinese donors, such as Jack Ma, for medical supplies, food and cash.
Praneta Jha
3 Retail Deals in 3 Years for Amazon: Deal With Future Group to Close Soon
07 Nov 2019
With the world’s largest retailing companies setting their sights on Indian retail market, domestic traders fear demise as sector appears headed towards an oligopoly.
Prabir Purkayastha
Global Capital, Digital Monopolies and New Forms of Enclosure
15 Jun 2019
The sharing economy is the enclosure of personal property by digital monopolies and creating a new form of casual labour.
Prabir Purkayastha
Global Rich Gathered in Davos to Push for Rules Enabling Digital Colonisation
26 Jan 2019
They talk about what the shift of these discussions, which should ideally take place at World Trade Organization, to the WEF signify.
Praneta Jha
Amazon, Walmart, Now Alibaba — Indian Retail Headed Towards An Oligopoly
22 Aug 2018
There are reports of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba being in talks with Reliance Retail to set up ‘a mega Indian retail joint venture’, while Amazon is looking to buy up to 49% share in Aditya…
Prabir Purkayastha
Bitcoin: Has the Real Nakamoto Stepped Forward?
04 May 2016
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and why should we even bother knowing who he is? Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person who created the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, who till this week, was just a name. Craig…
Prabir Purkayastha
Zero Rating: Not Subsidised Internet but Enclosure of the Internet
14 May 2015
After the firestorm of criticism from the Indian netizens on the violations of net neutrality by Reliance-Facebook (Internet.org) and Airtel (Airtel Zero), Facebook and Airtel have come out with…