China’s Social Credit System

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…

Published: 10:30pm, 29 Jan, 2022 Updated: 10:30pm, 29 Jan, 2022 Read More

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…

Updated 2 hours ago · Published on 27 Jan 2022 10:40PM · Hong Kong will shorten the mandatory quarantine for international travellers from three weeks to two, starting February 5. – EPA pic, January 27, 2022. HONG Kong today shortened the mandatory quarantine for international travellers from three weeks to…

(Source: Career Tool Belt) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Kuaishou, a leading content community in China, recently launched a live-streaming recruitment function on its platform called Kuaizhaogong. Different from a traditional recruiter, this mode of recruitment does not need users to send resumes to complete their job application. Instead,…

(Source: Vivo) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Counterpoint announced smartphone market shares in China for 2021 on Wednesday. Taking first place was Vivo with a market share of 22%, up 21% year-on-year. OPPO (including OnePlus’ data) took the second place with 21% market share, followed by Apple with 16%…