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We’re a ‘test case’ for communist social credit system: Senator China's Social Credit System

We’re a ‘test case’ for communist social credit system: Senator

We’re a ‘test case’ for communist social credit system: Senator Australia has become a testing ground for surveillance and a communist-style social credit system, a South Australian senator has told an American audience. SUBSCRIBE for the full story There is more to this story But it’s a member-only story. Subscribe…
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January 3, 2022
China’s box office tops 47.26 billion yuan in 2021 China's Social Credit System

China’s box office tops 47.26 billion yuan in 2021

Xinhua) China's box office revenue exceeded 47 billion yuan (about 7.37 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, continuing to lead the global box-office market, the China Film Administration said Saturday.The yearly box office collection hit 47.26 billion yuan, with 84.49 percent coming from domestic productions, the administration said.The number of movie…
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January 1, 2022
China to extend preferential tax policies for foreigners until end-2023 China's Social Credit System

China to extend preferential tax policies for foreigners until end-2023

Please try another search Economy6 hours ago (Dec 31, 2021 10:00PM ET) BEIJING (Reuters) - China will extend preferential income tax policies for foreigners residing in the country to Dec. 31, 2023, the finance ministry said on Friday, as part of measures to ease the burden on taxpayers. Previously, China…
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January 1, 2022
A Year of Metaverse Hype Culminates With Baidu’s Launch of “XiRang” China's Social Credit System

A Year of Metaverse Hype Culminates With Baidu’s Launch of “XiRang”

On a glossy blue circular stage attended by dutiful robot assistants and flanked by rows and rows of futuristic skyscrapers, Baidu CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder Robin Li proudly declared a “golden decade of AI.” The grandiose statement came at the Beijing-based tech giant’s annual developers conference, Baidu Create 2021. However,…
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December 31, 2021
A Year In, Biden’s China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s China's Social Credit System

A Year In, Biden’s China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s

On December 10, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions, including a bar on American investments, on SenseTime, a Chinese artificial intelligence company accused of developing facial-recognition software used to target China’s predominantly Muslim Uyghur community. The move, part of a raft of sanctions introduced on Human Rights Day, prompted SenseTime…
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December 30, 2021