China’s Social Credit System

Gitee, China’s answer to open-source platform GitHub, said it will temporarily close public code repositories so they can be reviewed before they are made available to the community again, which comes amid tightening online censorship in the country. “All new open-source repositories shall be manually reviewed before they are officially…

Johannesburg, South Africa — A cursory Google search for "rosewood furniture China" brings up plenty of sites selling the luxury item, but most buyers are likely unaware that their treasured table or chair could be the product of a rampant illegal trade in the protected tree species -- one which…

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…

Your browser does not support the audio element. Chinese Vice Premier and top economic official Liu He said at a meeting held in Beijing on Tuesday that the government will support the sustained and healthy development of the platform economy and the private economy, and will support digital enterprises to…

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…

Oppo’s Reno8 series is launching next Monday on May 23 and the leaks just keep coming. The series is actually listed on Oppo China’s online store revealing three models - Reno8, Reno8 Pro and Reno8 Pro+. We now have detailed official images of all three phones revealing their color options…

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…

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China is doubling down on mass testing as a key weapon against Covid-19 even as costs mount and the highly infectious Omicron variant exposes challenges with the strategy. Mass testing has become a part of daily life across the country. Similar to how many people in the West have had…

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