China’s Social Credit System

Taiwan on Saturday hosted its first official delegation from mainland China since the imposition of COVID-19 controls in 2020. File Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA-EFE Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A group of Chinese delegates visited Taiwan on Saturday, marking the first official group from China to visit the country since…

Hong Kong Customs holds high-level meeting with Mainland Customs and Macao Customs to combat smuggling activities (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      ​The High-level Meeting on Combating Smuggling Activities between Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Customs was held by Hong Kong Customs, the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs of the…

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“In China two years ago, the original edition, An Investigation of the Chinese Peasantry, sold 250,000 copies and even got a good review in the People’s Daily. But the censors, whose fear makes them unpredictable, banned it. The authors, a husband-and-wife, have been harassed but their views have spread; apparently…

At the 2022 Game Industry Conference, Beijing Jianyou Technology Co., Ltd., the developer of the pass-through mini game “Sheep a Sheep”, which became a national online sensation on China’s social media last year, said that the company’s revenue had exceeded 100 million ($15.6 billion), and the team had expanded from…

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US govt may run out of money between July and September: CBOCongress’s budget analysts estimate the United States will exhaust its bank accounts and could default on its obligations for the first time in history sometime between July and September, unless lawmakers agree to increase the debt limit. In a…

Every few months in recent years, Western news readers have been treated to a macabre tale: companies in China building massive multistory pig factory farms to feed the country’s appetite for pork. The agro-industrial phantasmagoria grows in scale with every iteration. Last week, The New York Times reported the construction…

China is doubling down on the claim that American balloons have overflown its airspace without permission despite a series of flat-out denials by senior officials in the United States. Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a press briefing on Tuesday that high-altitude balloons released from…

Rise in global demand growth forecast is OPEC's first in monthsSees higher Chinese demand growth, ups global econ growth viewRaises forecast of 2023 Russian output drop by 50,000 bpdSays Fed most likely to manage soft landing for U.S. economyLONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - OPEC has raised its 2023 global oil…