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Baidu Releases Wen Yaoyao, China’s First Virtual Cultural Relic Commentator China's Social Credit System

Baidu Releases Wen Yaoyao, China’s First Virtual Cultural Relic Commentator

Your browser does not support the audio element. Wen Yaoyao, China’s first virtual commentator for cultural relics, was jointly launched today by Baidu AI Cloud, Art Exhibition China and Jimu Technology to commemorate this year’s International Museum Day on Wednesday. Wen Yaoyao, a virtual yet traditional Chinese girl, started to…
bubmag
May 18, 2022
China Cutting People’s Passports so They Can’t Leave Country—Reports China's Social Credit System

China Cutting People’s Passports so They Can’t Leave Country—Reports

Chinese authorities have dismissed citizen reports about passport "clipping" and the seizure of green cards by border control, after the country's top immigration authority restricted travel in order to reduce inbound COVID cases. Unverified reports emerged after China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced a ban on "non-essential" foreign travel by…
bubmag
May 17, 2022
Pandemic Widens Embrace of Long-Lasting Drugs for Addiction, Mental Illness… China's Social Credit System

Pandemic Widens Embrace of Long-Lasting Drugs for Addiction, Mental Illness…

More doctors are using antipsychotic and anti-addiction injections that stay in the body for weeks or longer, drugs with mixed efficacy records and big price tags that are bolstering the bottom lines of manufacturers. Many patients being treated for mental-health problems or addiction missed appointments and stopped regularly taking medications…
bubmag
May 16, 2022
Federal operation nabs nearly 43,000 illegal gun silencers shipped from China China's Social Credit System

Federal operation nabs nearly 43,000 illegal gun silencers shipped from China

A federal operation underway since 2019 has seized tens of thousands of illegal gun silencers smuggled into the United States from China, leading to the arrests of felons and domestic extremists, authorities say.  The effort by four federal law enforcement agencies, dubbed Operation Silent Night, has seized 42,888 illegally imported…
bubmag
May 13, 2022