Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Technology, Sydney, 2020) issued under title: The impact of China's 'fuzzy logic' legal system on Chinese AI development.

Innovating in China entrepreneurial ecosystem -- The extent of fuzzy logic : the tech giants and their 'illegal' legal structure -- China's cyber policies : conflict between innovation and restriction -- China's data security policies leading to the cyber security law -- The cyber security law : fuzzy logic in a touchstone law -- The impacts of data localisation on globalised ecosystems and Chinese tech development -- How fuzzy provisions in the cyber security law protect data but not data privacy : 'data protection shall not hinder AI' -- Why the current state of AI research is perfectly suited to China's fuzzy logic system -- Open-source AI platforms and the cyber security law -- Conclusion - affect of data localisation on Chinese AI innovation.

"Headlines about Chinese innovation can induce a certain cognitive dissonance. On the one hand, until very recently true innovation in China was thought impossible due to censorship and control. The seemingly insurmountable conflict was clear: restriction versus innovation. How could that mesh of an economic, legal and political system we cannot label precisely with any existing reference points be so successful economically and technologically? Suddenly by 2017-2020, not a week went by without Western media reporting on the impressive and sometimes unnerving Chinese technology and artificial intelligence ('AI') developments. Chinese facial and speech recognition companies are now world class, but we know little about their most impressive achievements because their commercial applications have mostly been piloted inside China's borders"--