Jufang Wang, Author at Centre for Dialogue and Global Affairs

Avoid the Fatal Trap of Geopolitics in AI Regulation

Jufang Wang — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:36:31 +0000

Debates over AI’s existential risks have reached a boiling point. Yet there is a far more immediate threat: the entangling of geopolitics with AI regulation. Geopolitics must not be allowed to derail genuine efforts to curb AI risks. States must forge a consensus on what constitutes a true catastrophic AI risk, distinguishing it from doomsday hype. Subsequently, a global governance framework for catastrophic AI risks must be established, with a focus on autonomous weapons and critical infrastructure.

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“Is this AI generated?” The challenges of regulating and implementing AI-Generated content labelling in the EU and China

Jufang Wang — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:51:45 +0000

The proliferation of AI-generated content (AIGC) is widely seen as threatening our ability to agree on what is real or true. In response, a wave of regulations around the world has emerged in recent years. However, implementing these regulations faces some major challenges, including regulatory ambiguities, technical limitations, and cross-border interoperability. This policy report compares the regulatory approaches and implementation challenges in the EU and China.

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When geo-targeting technology helps: A brief case study on ‘Douyin Missing People’

Jufang Wang — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:43:01 +0000

This article studies how ByteDance (parent company of TikTok) uses geo-targeting information to help find over 20, 000 missing people in 7 years, and explores whether the ByteDance model can be adopted elsewhere.

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Policy Report |The Geopolitics of Global Technology Standards: Key Issues and Solutions

Claire Milne — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:59:03 +0000

This report identified and examined two major causes behind the geopolitical tensions around international standards-setting of CETs: the spill-over effect of US-China rivalry and the trend of trying to incorporate democratic values in standards. It also provides some policy recommendations on how to strengthen international cooperation around CET standards-setting.

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The era of digital surveillance: Authoritarianism vs. democracy?

Jufang Wang — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:37:45 +0000

Is the “authoritarianism vs. democracy” paradigm useful when it comes to digital surveillance? What are the factors that shape the public's views about digital surveillance? How to balance the benefits of surveillance technologies and the protection of civil rights? These are the key questions this report tries to answer.

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