China’s Social Credit System

Chen Qiushi was born in China’s remote, frigid north near the country’s border with Russia. An only child, he loved to tell stories and jokes to his family and classmates and dreamed of being an actor or a television journalist. But his mother objected, and Chen got a law degree…

U.S. equity futures slumped lower Monday, while the dollar soared and oil prices retreated sharply, as investors pulled back from risk markets amid a renewal of Covid restrictions in China and concerns over the impact on consumer demand from the Federal Reserve's hawkish inflation stance. Officials in China ordered millions…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 25 Apr, 2022 02:20 AM3 minutes to read Russia-Ukraine war: Australian defence minister Peter Dutton says Australia should be prepared for war. Video / 9 News Australian defence minister Peter Dutton has dialled up his rhetoric about the threat of China…

On the night of April 22, millions of people in China watched the same video on their phones: a six-minute montage of audio clips from the covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai, titled The Voice of April. Its emphasis on the lockdown’s human toll struck a chord, and people shared it widely…

TOKYO : China should take steps to soften the economic impact of COVID-19 and boost annual economic growth back above 5 per cent, a top central bank official said on Sunday. Wang Yiming, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, told an economic forum…

Australia on the map.Australia’s defence minister on Sunday accused China of paying bribes for international deals but refused to say whether corruption played a role in Beijing’s newly signed defence pact with the Solomon Islands. Peter Dutton made the allegations as his conservative government faced questions in the run-up to…

(Source: SCC Online) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio On Friday, the China Consumers Association released its 2021 annual report on China’s consumer rights protection, covering food security, automobiles, and other fields. The annual report focuses on reviewing the important progress that has been made with China’s consumer rights protection…

(Source: T3 Go) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio As T3 Go, an online car-hailing platform in China, celebrated its third anniversary, CEO Cui Dayong released a letter on Friday announcing the company’s goals for the next three years. In the letter Cui said that the last three years have…

Author of the article: Reuters Avi Asher-Schapiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation * U.S. environmental groups warn about the climate cost of bitcoin * Lawmakers in New York push for a mining moratorium * Bitcoin proponents say it could drive renewables investment By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…

Author of the article: Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it planned to cooperate with China on space flights, the TASS news agency cited the state corporation as saying. Roscosmos sees the Russian-Chinese partnership as strategic, and the two countries have agreed to create a joint commission to cooperate…