China’s Social Credit System

China is notorious for having some of the worst air pollution in the world. Images of dense, miasmic smog engulfing its most polluted cities are a common sight. The country has made significant progress in combating air pollution, but it remains a problem in many areas. In light of these…

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…

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…

Taiwan’s president on Saturday urged China to curb its “military adventurism”, with tensions between the two sides at their highest level in years. Beijing has ramped up military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, as she rejects the stance that the island is Chinese…

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…

(Source: Tesla) Tesla announced today the opening of its first store in the city of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, marking the beginning of the US electric vehicle maker’s offline store and service network presence in the region. Xiao Lu, Tesla’s head of Northwest China, said that…

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,…

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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