This week’s readings/links include a look at how the Chinese government is using the technologies of SenseTime and Megvii to surveil and profile its own citizens, Tollymore Capital’s write-up on SEA Limited, Arundhati Roy on India’s elections, how incumbent taxi company Blue Bird is responding to competitors Grab and Go-Jek in Indonesia and an IEA report on how nuclear power can make a significant contribution to achieving sustainable energy goals and enhancing energy security.

• US universities and retirees are funding the technology behind China’s surveillance state: Chinese government using the technologies of SenseTime, Megvii to surveil and profile its own citizens.
• Tollymore Capital: May 2019 letter; write-up on SEA Limited.
• Arundhati Roy on India’s elections: “A mockery of what democracy is supposed to be.”
• Grab and Go-Jek face resurgent rival in Blue Bird: Indonesia’s taxi trailblazer bets on connected cabs and regulatory lift.
• Nuclear power in a clean energy system: A key source of low-carbon power.