China’s Social Credit System

Breaking NewsGlobally, the food delivery sector is facing scrutiny over its treatment of predominantly freelance workers, who endure low pay and get few employee rights November 7, 2021 - 2:08PM AFP Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown, demanding delivery firms ensure basic labour protectionsHanding over a piping hot meal at…

Canadian retail giant Reitmans Ltd. will remove from its stores all remaining inventory made at a factory in China suspected of using North Korean forced labour, according to a press release from the company. CBC journalists found jackets made by a factory accused of using North Korean labour at multiple…

One relatively more affordable place to mine Bitcoin in Asia (excluding China) is Laos, thanks to its hydroelectric potential and electricity prices. What’s more, the landlocked country with a population of 7,416,475 seems to be realizing this too. However, both investors and policymakers might wonder if this is a realistic goal.…

TOKYO—The German navy’s flagship will join exercises with the U.S. and its allies in the western Pacific, a modest but symbolic broadening of an alliance of democracies countering China’s growing maritime power. The Bayern, a frigate that recently visited Australia and Guam, docked in Tokyo on Friday. The ship held…

Commander Cameron Aljilani and two others were removed from their positions on Thursday following an investigation into the October 2 accident. The US Navy has fired the commanding officer, executive officer and top enlisted sailor of a nuclear-powered submarine that crashed into an underwater mountain on October 2, saying the…

As a mysterious virus sickened people in China in early 2020, North Korea became the first country to seal its borders to the world. After almost two years of near-total isolation due to what the world now knows is COVID-19, there are signs that Kim Jong Un’s secretive regime may…

A 094A Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. WASHINGTON - China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report published Wednesday. China could have 700 deliverable nuclear…

published : 3 Nov 2021 at 21:26 FILE PHOTO: The US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey transits the Pacific Ocean, June 22, 2021. (Reuters) The United States military "absolutely" has the ability to defend Taiwan from an attack by China if called on to do so, US Joint…

Author of the article: SINGAPORE — China’s coastal province of Shandong is expected to shutter refineries with daily capacity of more than half a million barrels by the end of 2022 to make way for a new petrochemical complex, a provincial official and industry sources said. The clean-up of 10…

Author of the article: BEIJING — China said on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping was not given an opportunity to deliver a video address to the COP26 climate talks https://www.reuters.com/business/cop in Scotland and had to send a written response instead. Xi, who is not attending the United Nations meeting in…