THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD
数字丝绸之路 • Цифровой Шелковый Путь • ဒီဂျစ်တယ် ပိုးလမ်းမ
An exploration of China's Digital Expansion in Borderland Regions
China - Kazakhstan - Myanmar - Cambodia
Kazakhstan’s digital ecosystem, shaped by historical legacies, modular infrastructure, and a strategic balancing of suppliers, highlights how developing countries can navigate and sometimes resist binary geopolitical alignments. Its telecom firms actively negotiate between long-term goals and immediate challenges, creating distinct pathways in a world increasingly polarised between U.S. and Chinese tech
Since the DSR was introduced in 2015 as the digital component of the Belt and Road Initiative, it has been widely discussed in both the media and academia. However, despite the extensive coverage, a clear definition of it remains elusive. So, what, exactly, is the Digital Silk Road? In a newly published article in China Quarterly, Elisa Oreglia and Weidi Zheng begin to answer this question