In backrooms at the UN in New York, a battle is quietly being fought between liberal democracies and authoritarian governments over nothing short of who rules the internet.
The Chinese were staying silent, but their meticulousness gave them away.
In an airless conference room in the United Nations’ New York headquarters in July, members of a Chinese delegation sat at the back of the room, a laptop open in front of them.
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