China’s Social Credit System

Security personnel stand guard at headquarters of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China February 10, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Wang Bin, former chairman of China Life Insurance Co (601628.SS) and…

GENEVA — China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report released Wednesday. The report calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture and other…

Author of the article: Reuters Sonali Paul and Mohi Narayan Oil prices recovered slightly on Wednesday as data pointed to firm U.S. fuel demand, providing respite after a 5% drop a day earlier on fears that demand will suffer from increased China COVID curbs and central bank interest rate hikes.…

Between fashion photoshoots and day-in-the-life styling, Weibo blogger @AvaFoo shares with her 3.5 million followers inside looks of her enviably active lifestyle — skateboarding, wake surfing, snowboarding, yoga — as well as the athleisure outfits that come with it. For Ava, an active daily lifestyle is “not an obligation, but rather a…

‘Authentic Australian’: Bubs vows not to neglect Aussie parents amid US, China growth Bubs Australia plans to drum up demand from American and Chinese parents in efforts to deliver “high growth” after turning a profit for the first time, boosted by Chinese daigou sales and the US baby formula shortage.…

Soldiers from several countries have arrived in eastern Russia for joint military drills that China will take part in, Russia's defence ministry said Monday, amid tensions between Moscow and Western capitals. Servicemen from Kremlin-friendly countries including close ally Belarus, India, Mongolia and Syria will participate in the drills. The exercises…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR AP 28 Aug, 2022 09:13 PM2 mins to read The US Navy is sailing the USS Chancellorsville and the USS Antietam warships through the Taiwan Strait. Photo / AP The US Navy sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait yesterday, in the…

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a letter from the families of the survivors of the "Lisbon Maru." In the letter, Xi encouraged them to continue to actively commit to the China-Britain friendship and looked forward to more British friends making contributions to…

Colombo: India on Saturday hit back at China for alleging that it was "interfering" in Sri Lanka's internal affairs, firmly telling Beijing that what Colombo needs now was "support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies" to serve another country's agenda. Hinting at India's objection to the docking of Chinese ballistic…

The lakebed of China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang, is exposed due to high temperatures and drought. Photo / AP Cars. Batteries. Solar panels. Food. Global shortages and soaring prices are almost certain as China's seemingly never-ending heatwave sears on. It's the most extreme heat event ever recorded in world history.…