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Antonia Hmaidi
- 2022
- Speaker
- Circle
Antonia Hmaidi is an Analyst in the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at MERICS, where she works on China’s pursuit of tech self-reliance (especially in areas like semiconductors and operating systems), its internet infrastructure, and disinformation and hacking campaigns. Hmaidi also develops modelling and big data analysis tools. Prior to joining MERICS, she worked as a project manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), as a journalist in Asia and at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).