China’s Social Credit System

April 11, 2022published at 2:23 AMByLuke 'Perry' PereiraCarBuyer A Singaporean motorcyclist visited Johor Bahru on April 6, 2022, for a shopping trip and had his brake cables cut and brake calipers stolen. Malaysian newspaper China Press Johor picked up the story after the man posted details on the social networking site…

Xiaomi did the right thing by expanding the availability of the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G. The phone was previously available in China and in India (under the name Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge 5G), now the phone is reaching for a wider audience. It will be a hit, judging by the…

A strict lockdown has been put in place in response to a spike in Covid cases in Shanghai. Video / AP WARNING: Disturbing images Chinese authorities are resorting to extraordinary measures to keep residents locked down amid a fresh surge in coronavirus infections, as the country struggles to maintain its…

US top diplomat to visit Solomon Islands amid China pact concerns: report We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerAmerica’s top diplomat for the Indo-Pacific will head to the Solomon Islands amid concerns about…

Neil Shen (Source: Sina) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio According to the equity information of the HKEx, Neil Shen, the founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China and director of food delivery giant Meituan, had recently reduced his share holdings in the food delivery company. On March 31…

China's central bank digital currency, the Digital Yuan, has been integrated with Tencent's flagship messaging app WeChat, and appears as a payment option when users employ the super-app shop. WeChat boasts over 1.2 billion monthly active users, is ubiquitous in China, and is popular outside the Middle Kingdom too. For…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A better understanding of tree growth-climate sensitivity across regions and species may reduce uncertainties in simulating forest carbon budgets. However, few studies have explored the growth-climate sensitivity of different tree species in Southwest China. In a study published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, researchers from the…

In 1965, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto explained his country’s commitment to obtaining a nuclear weapon. “We will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own,” he said. Within 12 years, Pakistan’s first nuclear device was reportedly ready. Russian leader Vladimir Putin echoed Bhutto’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Disney is "worse than silent" on China's Uyghur genocide Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." "Remember a couple years back, they actually thanked the government of Xinjiang province in China, where they are systematically trying to exterminate a…

The owners of International Plaza are trying for Singapore’s biggest building sale ever In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore’s International Plaza is relaunched for collective sale at $2 billion, crypto exchange BitMEX says it’s laying off a quarter of its global workforce, and China Evergrande reportedly reaches an…