China’s Social Credit System

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk in a retail district in Beijing, China, July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo By Ellen Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy stumbled in May with industrial output and retail sales growth missing forecasts, adding to expectations that Beijing will need to…

Navigation for News Categories Some participants argued at the conference that New Zealand should be able to improve relations with India without sacrificing its ties to China. Photo: Unsplash / Aboodi Vesakaran Improving relations with India was a recurring theme at last week's annual conference of the New Zealand Institute…

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 YUAN The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report, which examines global wealth and investment migration trends, has predicted a net outflow of 13,500 high-net-worth people (HNWIs) from China in 2023. The report which was seen by Peoples Gazette on Tuesday, detailed that China’s projected HNWIs outflow surpassed…

LHASA - Residents of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region have been mobilized for government-paid patrolling jobs to protect the ecosystem on the "roof of the world." The regional environmental department said on Monday that the government has created 620,000 jobs for forest wardens, patrollers in water source conservation areas and…

ByPaul Salopek Photographs ByZhou Na  andGilles Sabrié Published June 13, 2023 • 25 min read Having dedicated the past 10 years of my life to walking across the Earth, I’m sometimes asked, “How do the big issues of our day look—from boot level?” Or, “Has walking changed the way you weigh…

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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors said they indicted a former Samsung Electronics executive on Monday on suspicions of stealing the company's technology to build a chip factory in China. The defendant, who also formerly worked at SK Hynix as a vice president, is accused of illegally…

China has been spying on the U.S. from Cuba for years, according to a Biden administration official. The admission came days after the Biden administration denied a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday that China and Cuba had reached an agreement to put an electronic eavesdropping facility in Cuba —…

For the first time, China, together with Pakistan and Iran, has decided to find ways and means to counter the threat of terrorism facing the region, media reports said. For China, which is behind the CPEC projects in the region, this trilateral cooperation would go a long way to ensure…

Policymakers should insist manufacturers include controls in artificial intelligence-based weapons systems that allow them to be turned off if they get out of control, experts told the UK Parliament. Speaking to the House of Lords AI in Weapons Systems Committee, Lord Sedwill, former security advisor and senior civil servant, said…