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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

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China had a reputation for copying technology from Silicon Valley, but these days the country has developed its own unique technology environment—what a new book by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google China, calls an “alternate internet universe.” An estimated 34 percent of all mobile internet traffic in China flows through WeChat.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And maybe educators will rationalize using it anyway… “ Google ’s Mass-Shooting Misinformation Problem” by The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal. The Next Web says “This smartphone app is like an AI chastity belt for teens.” “ What will universities look like in 2030? ” No.