Listen to Focus on China: Cryptocurrency and WeChat48:3213 October 2021

Presenters Vanessa Toholka, Jo Eaton & Lily Ryan explore the complex relationship between the Chinese state and technology, featuring interviews with Dr Dimitrios Salampasis, Cryptocurrencies expert and Course Director of Swinburne’s Master of FinTech, and Deakin University PhD candidate Fan Yang, who researches the effects of large-scale international social media platforms in terms of cross-jurisdictional tensions and expectations, and their cross-border effects on political activity and identity.
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About this program

Computer news, interviews and local insights on global change. Tech talk and opinionated chat with feature interviews and regular guests covering the big players in technology, enterprise and social platforms, trends, digital rights, gadget, games and all the ways technology intersects with everyday life.

THE BYTE INTO IT FAMILY INCLUDES:

  • Daniel Morganti
  • Dan Salmon
  • Eric Jong
  • Lilly Ryan
  • Mike Bantick
  • Rowena Murray (Byte producer)
  • Vanessa Toholka (Byte producer)
  • Lu Lin (RRR Talks Content Producer)

The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion