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A Chinese city plans to monitor its citizens and rank them by healthiness with an app, making its emergency COVID-19 surveillance regime permanent China's Social Credit System

A Chinese city plans to monitor its citizens and rank them by healthiness with an app, making its emergency COVID-19 surveillance regime permanent

A Chinese city is proposing a permanent health tracking app that gives people a daily score based on their habits like drinking, sleeping, and walking.It would be similar to China's coronavirus tracking app, which gave people a color code that dictated whether they enter certain areas, and could track who…
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May 26, 2020
China’s Xi urges preparedness for military combat amid coronavirus epidemic: state TV Xi Jinping

China’s Xi urges preparedness for military combat amid coronavirus epidemic: state TV

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past officials wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as he arrives for the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File PhotoBEIJING (Reuters) -…
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May 26, 2020
New York City nightspots lie eerily empty despite takeaways and bars opening on Memorial Day Little Italy

New York City nightspots lie eerily empty despite takeaways and bars opening on Memorial Day

A usually heaving New York City has been photographed with streets looking eerily empty despite many restaurants opening up to serve takeaways on Memorial Day Monday.A series of images taken between 8.30pm and 10.30pm yesterday show a shuttered JoJo's Philosophy at Bleeker Street and Gray's Papaya at 72nd St Upper…
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May 26, 2020
India holds its ground: Troop deployment on LAC to match Chinese strength, Rajnath Singh-led meeting decides China's Strategy

India holds its ground: Troop deployment on LAC to match Chinese strength, Rajnath Singh-led meeting decides

Indian troops in Ladakh (File photo)   |  Photo Credit: IANS New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and three service chiefs on Tuesday and reviewed the ground situation in Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese trops are locked in a face-off.…
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May 26, 2020
Links 5/26/2020 NSA

Links 5/26/2020

Mark Rober’s Rube-Goldberg squirrel feeder is the unicorn chaser you need right now BoingBoing (David L). Trust me, this is a must watch. Boy, 12, followed down mountain by brown bear BBC. Excellent coaching by (presumably) parents and admirable cool-headedness. Running from a brown bear (this looks like a Euro…
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May 26, 2020