China’s Social Credit System

China is ending COVID-zero.  At its heart, the reasoning behind the decision is economic. China spent decades making itself a critical link in global supply chains, and disruptions cascading from COVID-zero periodically made trade partners question the stability of relying on China into the future. Likewise, China spent decades asserting…

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The recent “Spy Balloon” embarrassment for the Biden administration at the hands of China was one of the more telling symptoms of a much more severe disease that continues to fester in the halls on Capitol Hill. Between intellectual property theft, unabated hacking attacks, and many unanswered questions as to…

NANJING, Feb. 8 -- China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 left the port of China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Control Department (CSMTC) for a maritime telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) mission in the Pacific Ocean on the morning of February 7. Crews of the Yuanwang-7 have prepared electronic nautical charts in…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 06/02/2023 - 11:58 A member of the police records video as a supporter waves a Union Jack flag outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building during the hearing of the 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law,…

The detection of the Chinese balloon over North America prompted the cancellation of a planned visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. — AFPBeijing confirmed on Monday a balloon spotted flying over Latin America is Chinese, while the United States worked to recover what it claimed was an unmanned…

BEIJING, Feb.5 -- The US used force to attack China's civilian unmanned airship, which was an obvious overreaction, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), in a statement released on Sunday afternoon.  “We solemnly protest this move by the US side and reserve the…

India is moving to block 232 apps, some with links to China, that offer betting and loan services in the South Asian market to prevent misuse of the citizens’ data, the state-owned public broadcaster said Sunday. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is in the process to enforce an…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Star gazing is nothing unusual in Montana, where skies go on forever. But as Chase Doak left work on a Wednesday and looked up on a cold winter day he saw a mysterious round white object that was clearly neither the moon or a star.…

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- "A strong buttress to the blue flag (of the UN)" was how Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), depicted China in late September last year. The UN official, who took the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the…