China’s Social Credit System

President Biden has issued an executive order that prohibits certain entities from investing in US organizations if it will give the investor access to certain information technologies and/or US data. It's catchily titled the Order on Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment…

As recently as a few years ago, there were few rhythms in Chinese media more reliable than the publication each Spring Festival of the annual “doctoral student returns to their village and shares their thoughts” think piece. At the start of each new year, media outlets across China would find a…

China’s top education authority has banned schools from demanding parents and students to purchase smart touchscreen devices and learning software programs after growing complaints over unreasonable prices and promotional tactics of such products. The Ministry of Education asked provincial authorities to strengthen their review of online learning resources and ordered…

One year since Chinese authorities introduced the “Double Reduction” policy, which implemented tight restrictions on tutoring services, investment in the country’s private education industry has sharply declined. However, according to information released on September 15 by investment database ITjuzi, Tencent has continued to invest in education startups in Nigeria, Austria…

China’s intelligent vehicle market is significantly ahead of Europe and the United States, said Zhang Kai, the chairman of Beijing-based autonomous driving company Haomo.AI Technology Co., Ltd., at the company’s sixth AI Day event held on September 13. China has accounted for 57% of all smart vehicles of different levels…

Joe Biden /AP-Yonhap U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order to boost domestic biomanufacturing and slash his country's reliance on China for new medicines, chemicals and other products. The move comes shortly after Biden's Inflation Reduction Act ended subsidies for foreign-made electric cars. "The United States has…

The FBI informed Twitter Inc. of at least one Chinese agent working at the company, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said during a Senate hearing on Tuesday where a whistleblower testified, raising new concerns about foreign meddling at th influential social media platform. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a famed hacker who served as Twitter’s head…

In its most dire assessment yet, in April the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told us that “it’s now or never.” Only “rapid, deep and immediate” cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can prevent runaway global warming and the collapse of civilization. To keep global warming below 1.5°C, no…

Authorities from the Ili Prefecture in Xinjiang apologized after reports of food shortages, lack of access to medical care, and other problems went viral on social media, caused by strict COVID lockdowns that began early last month. The deputy governor, Liú Qìnghuá 刘庆华, on Friday “apologized deeply for the impact…

Author of the article: BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say the country’s top legislator decried sanctions against Russia during a recent visit to the country, underscoring China’s backing of Moscow in its war on Ukraine despite claims of neutrality. The official Xinhua News Agency said Li Zhanshu urged greater…