China’s Social Credit System

You wake from a long dream, and find yourself in an unfamiliar dormitory. The room is dimly lit, and contains nothing but four iron-framed beds, a desk, and a few stools. The only window is frosted over: You can’t see anything outside except for the barbed wire wrapped around the…

byEdna Agnes Boakye October 20, 2022 Reading Time: 1 min read Previous Post GRA to suspend invigilation of businesses to appease GUTA – Trade Ministry Next Post Total financial irregularities of public boards, corporations, statutory institutions in 2021 Related Posts General Businesses closed down will reopen after connecting to E-VAT…

File image of Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. AP Pakistan is bristling, and again for all the wrong reasons. The immediate cause was the remark by President Joe Biden calling it a dangerous nuclear-armed country. Islamabad took umbrage, and summoned the US envoy, while its emissaries both formal…

DOHA - Qatar became the first Middle Eastern country on Wednesday to receive Chinese giant pandas – Suhail and Soraya. In true Gulf fashion, they took up residence in luxury air-conditioned quarters. Crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in…

Chinese researchers say perennial rice can reduce production input costs by more than 50% and simplify crop management. (Xinhua via South China Morning Post photo) The Chinese government is trying to encourage farmers to plant a new rice variety that can be harvested for several years without reseeding. A list…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Relentless drought in China, East Africa, the U.S. West and northern Mexico, devastating floods in Pakistan and Kentucky, scorching heat waves in Europe and the Pacific Northwest, destructive cyclones in southern Africa and intense hurricanes in the U.S. and Central America make up just some of…

China Box Office: ‘Homecoming’ Claims Third Weekend Win “Homecoming,” a patriotic rescue movie, dominated the mainland China box office for the third successive weekend. Overall numbers remained anemic in the first full week after the National Day holiday period, sometimes referred to as a ‘Golden Week’. Read more Variety As Nostalgia…

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Author of the article: Reuters Yew Lun Tian and Ryan Woo BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing heavily on security and reiterating policy priorities. Xi,…