China’s Social Credit System

From the window of her room on the seventh floor, Shia Majer peered out over Yanhee International Hospital. The buildings spread out under a dark evening sky. It was a humid Thursday in July 2019, and Shia had just woken from a six-plus-hour-long procedure. Shia was unsure about the outcome…

China is not a progressive country when it comes to LGBTQ rights and social acceptance. But it’s not all heteronormative: The country is, in some ways, surprisingly tolerant of non-binary ideas about gender, and one of the most vibrant and popular genres of Chinese fiction is danmei (耽美 dānměi), stories…

The Chinese regime has sealed off the crash site and controlled the flow of information WUZHOU—Searchers found engine parts from a China Eastern passenger jet that crashed in southern China with 132 people on board earlier this week. No survivors have been found. Some human remains and engine parts were found, as…

USA President, Joe Biden said that he believes that China understands the terrible economic consequences of supporting Russia in its war in the Ukraine. Furthermore, Biden said that he had a straightforward conversation with the President of China last week about the Russian invasion. Mr. Biden said that Chinese President…

WUZHOU: Recovery crews searched in light rain for a second black box from a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that plunged into a mountainside with 132 people on board, as more information emerged about the pilots of the flight. A first black box found on Wednesday was the cockpit voice…

This photo taken on March 21, 2022, shows rescuers working at the site of a plane crash in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China´s southern Guangxi region. — AFPWUZHOU: Heavy rains on Wednesday hampered the recovery of a China Eastern jet that nosedived into a mountain with 132 passengers on…

Motorola's newest flagship smartphone has three names: Edge X30 in China, Edge 30 Pro globally, and Edge+ in North America. It was initially unveiled in China in December, and then made its global debut in late February, although the Edge+ didn't come with a release date. Until today, that is.…

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is nice and high-end alright, and it's recently escaped China, but it's definitely no Ultra. Following the shockingly good Mi 11 Ultra from last year has to be a Xiaomi 12 Ultra, and today a new rumor from a usually reliable tipster tells us when to…

Chinese recovery teams on Tuesday picked through the debris of a crashed China Eastern jet after it inexplicably plummeted from the sky into a mountainside with 132 people on board. Hopes of finding any survivors had all but vanished nearly a day after the Boeing 737-800 passenger jet nosedived into…

Getting to grips with . . . Passengers and crew feared dead after passenger jet crashes into mountains in China A passenger plane with 132 people on board has crashed in a mountainous region of southern China. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when…