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Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Is Latest Hollywood Blockbuster to Underperform in China China's Social Credit System

Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Is Latest Hollywood Blockbuster to Underperform in China

James Cameron’s ”The Way of Water“ earned just $57 million in the Middle Kingdom while nabbing a near-record $19 million in India Disney While the overall projected $435 million global weekend for “Avatar: The Way of Water” qualifies as a good start, the film stumbled hard in China. Despite pre-release…
bubmag
December 18, 2022
China nursing homes struggle to keep residents safe from COVID wave China's Social Credit System

China nursing homes struggle to keep residents safe from COVID wave

An elderly man receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Qingzhou in China´s eastern Shandong province on December 16, 2022. — AFPBEIJING: China's nursing homes are fighting an uphill battle to keep their elderly residents safe as a wave of COVID-19 infections sweeps the country following a relaxation of the government's zero-tolerance…
bubmag
December 18, 2022
Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media China's Social Credit System

Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media

Wow, that was quick. When Elon Musk bought Twitter and took it private in October, I figured we’d have a while before things took a turn. Then, after he laid off about half the company’s employees, that estimate shortened a bit. Now, after last night’s Spaces brouhaha, during which Musk…
bubmag
December 16, 2022
“Fireball” Soars Above China’s Zhejiang, Meteorite Parts Later Found China's Social Credit System

“Fireball” Soars Above China’s Zhejiang, Meteorite Parts Later Found

Between 5:40 pm and 6:00 pm on December 15, Beijing time, many locals in Jinhua, China’s Zhejiang Province posted online that they had witnessed a mysterious bright “fireball” flashing through the sky, and that meteorite parts were suspected to have fallen to the ground. Chinese web users posted on social…
bubmag
December 16, 2022
China says tracking Covid cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar China's Social Credit System

China says tracking Covid cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar

BEIJING: The true scale of Covid-19 infections in China is now "impossible" to track, the country's top health body said Wednesday, as officials warned of a rapid spread in Beijing after the country abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance policy. China last week loosened restrictions for mass testing and quarantine after nearly…
bubmag
December 14, 2022
‘We fully support India’s efforts to control the situation’: US on India-China border clash China's Social Credit System

‘We fully support India’s efforts to control the situation’: US on India-China border clash

The Pentagon has said that the US Department of Defense is keeping a close watch on developments along the line of actual control (LAC) at the India-China border in Tawang as the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues to amass forces and build military infrastructure along the contested border. The…
bubmag
December 14, 2022