China’s Social Credit System

FILE: A San Francisco Police Department police car parked close to Market Street in San Francisco. Sundry Photography/Getty Images One person has died after the driver of a car jumped the sidewalk in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Friday morning, officials said.  It happened just before 8 a.m., the San Francisco Police…

The world has changed. The windsock of technology has turned around and now shows a strong wind coming directly from China. Bikes like the Kove MX450 represent the next big thing in motocross. Nothing will change that; not tariffs, not politics, not attitudes. Three years ago, Kove established itself in…

BEIJING: China’s decision to abstain from a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries has spotlighted a familiar diplomatic playbook under growing pressure as Beijing tries to balance ties amid the widening Middle East conflict, say analysts. The Mar 11 resolution, which condemned Tehran’s…

Voicecomm Technology Co., Ltd. ("Voicecomm Technology"), a prominent conversational AI technology provider in China, declared its 2025 annual results, revealing remarkable progress in revenue and... Read More

HomeScienceVol. 391, No. 6792A village injury, a lifelong missionBack To Vol. 391, No. 6792 Full accessLetterPast as Prologue Share on A village injury, a lifelong missionRenqi LuoAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience26 Mar 2026Vol 391, Issue 6792p. 1331DOI: 10.1126/science.aea2353 PREVIOUS ARTICLECoal-to-gas transition strains equity in ChinaPreviousNEXT ARTICLESystems-level organization of extrace…...Read More

China’s transition from coal to natural gas, the most ambitious of its kind globally, has delivered substantial ecological benefits (1). Thanks to the “coal-to-clean” programs, clean heating penetration in northern China has climbed to nearly 83% (2), improving local air quality (3). However, heating costs have substantially increased...Read More

Photo: depositphotos.com Change language: The Export-Import Bank of China is prepared to set up a regional centre in Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said after a meeting with the lender’s president on Wednesday. China Exim Bank will continue to support bringing investments by Chinese companies to…

The hare was spotted by researchers by chance while they were doing fieldwork on Hainan Island. (Image credit: Getty Images) For the first time in four decades, scientists have announced a confirmed sighting of a critically endangered hare in part of its native range, after spotting its completely flattened carcass…

A drone view of a compound in Cambodia reportedly used as a scam centre, where foreign victims were held. (File photo: Reuters) SINGAPORE — The United States is increasingly concerned at the emergence of “foreigner butchering” scams allegedly being run from China, adding another potential wrinkle to President Donald Trump’s…

According to a new rumor out of China, Apple is having some trouble placing the Face ID sensor array under the screen. It has so far been rumored multiple times that the company is working on effectively destroying the Dynamic Island by doing this, thus only leaving the camera sensor…