The Implications of the US-China Technology War on Global South Digital Divide: Is It for the Better or the Worse?
The affinity between the United States and China has been unsteady; both have had the most critical and complex bilateral relationship throughout history. This affiliation is growing worse over the years, especially when China started gaining ground in competition over the dominant position in the global economy and political system. In this digital age, the game between the two countries is more than just a trade war. Recently, technology has become the core issue of the rivalry between the US and China, and even the term Tech War has been formalized in official US documents (Danilin, 2021). In this article, I argue that the US-China Technology War has significantly strengthened China’s technological existence in Global South, which led to a more considerable opportunity to reduce the digital divide within South countries….
