China wants to trade data across borders as AI fuels demand. Southeast Asia is a key focus

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China aims to expand its digital economy by trading data across borders, focusing particularly on Southeast Asia. While mostly domestic data exchanges exist, regional ambitions grow amid challenges regarding ownership, valuation, and governance of data.

China has established mostly domestic data exchanges as it seeks to bolster the digital economy. A recent partnership is putting its regional ambitions into focus, even as the nascent sector faces questions over ownership, valuation and governance.