China’s Social Credit System

Editor’s note:  China is on holiday for the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6. TechNode has a number of our previous reports on the widespread layoffs and cutbacks that have recently taken place across a range of Chinese tech sectors and have included…

WASHINGTON: China has failed to meet its commitments under a two-year "Phase 1" trade deal that expired at the end of 2021 and discussions were continuing with Beijing on the matter, Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said on Tuesday (Feb 1). "You know, it is really clear that the Chinese…

Authors: Pulse News Agency International by AFP Vietnam rattled China in a 3-1 upset during a World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday, sparking jubilation among Hanoi crowds as both countries celebrate Lunar New Year. The surprise win gave Vietnam's national team their first scalp in the qualifiers after seven straight…

Passengers ride a Metro train under a project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Lahore, Pakistan. (Image: Arif ALI/AFP) Khan will visit the Chinese capital on February 3 to attend the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics and to also meet the top Chinese leadership on the sidelines for bilateral…

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is working to repair her relationship with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan after a Situation Room confrontation in which she accused him — in front of colleagues — of undermining her in the press, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. Why it matters: The…

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans are raising alarms about the safety of U.S. athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next week and calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to brief the athletes on China’s human rights abuses. In a letter to Mr. Blinken, the lawmakers said the athletes…

Imbalances in the Chinese economy have worsened and delayed China’s transition to consumption-led growth, the International Monetary Fund said in an annual review on Friday, slashing its outlook for the country this year. The IMF assessment, in its Article IV review, reflects growing concern among some economists and officials that…

What really sets Zhang Jiahao apart from other Chinese snowboarders, he says, is that they were selected to become professional athletes by the country’s extensive sport system, enrolling in regimented training from a young age. When Zhang, now 26, graduated school, he was focused on becoming a baker. But then…

BEIJING : China's Walvax Biotechnology has recruited most of the 28,000 participants needed for a large clinical trial of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a senior company official said on Thursday. China has yet to approve a Chinese vaccine of the novel messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and has yet to…