Transfer or Translation? Rethinking Traveling Technologies from the Global South

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Radical praxis of computing in the PRC: forgotten stories from the maoist to post-Mao era

Jack Linchuan Qiu et al.

Summary: Mao Zedong proposed a distinctive Chinese model of communism that integrates practice with theory, which was radical within the Chinese Communist Party. This idea became institutionalized as a guiding principle of the CCP, leading to the development of China's computing industry. This approach challenges the mainstream narrative that typically starts with Deng Xiaoping's market reforms, offering longer, less deterministic, and more imaginative histories of Chinese technology.

INTERNET HISTORIES (2021)

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Translating a Chinese approach? Rural distribution and marketing in Ghana's phone industry

Miao Lu

Summary: This article examines the distribution and marketing practices of the Chinese company Transsion in Ghana, revealing their labor-intensive, rural-centric, low value-added and lower-class-oriented nature. It highlights the complexity and innovation involved in the translation process of business strategies from China to Ghana.

MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY (2021)

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