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China’s Social Credit System

6K False Lashes From China Seized in New Orleans; Officials Unsure If Exposed to Disease China's Social Credit System

6K False Lashes From China Seized in New Orleans; Officials Unsure If Exposed to Disease

Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confiscated over 6,000 false eyelashes illegally imported from China to New Orleans on Tuesday. Authorities were unsure whether the lashes had been potentially exposed to diseases or unsanitary storage conditions by the manufacturer. Four boxes containing the products arrived at the Louis…
bubmag
July 10, 2021
PODCAST: ‘Respect the results’-Founder on premiumising plant-based dairy in China China's Social Credit System

PODCAST: ‘Respect the results’-Founder on premiumising plant-based dairy in China

Marvelous Foods is a functional plant-based dairy-alternative firm targeting consumers in search of premium dairy alternatives in China and has just launched China’s first plant-based coconut yoghurt flagship store on Tmall. “China makes up one-fifth of the global population and consumes half of the world’s plant-based beverages. So plant-based dairy…
bubmag
July 9, 2021
China uses prenatal blood test to collect genetic data from millions of women worldwide China's Social Credit System

China uses prenatal blood test to collect genetic data from millions of women worldwide

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 8 Jul, 2021 11:13 PM3 minutes to read So far, 8.4 million women have taken BGI's test, branded as NIFTY, worldwide. Photo / freestocks, Unsplash Daily Telegraph UK By: Phoebe Southworth and Sophia Yan A Chinese company is using a prenatal…
bubmag
July 9, 2021
‘Black Widow’ Should Beat the Box Office Opening of ‘F9,’ But by How Much? China's Social Credit System

‘Black Widow’ Should Beat the Box Office Opening of ‘F9,’ But by How Much?

Even for Marvel, reaching a $100 million-plus opening will be difficult Jay Maidment/Marvel Before the summer season began, analysts and distributors alike warned that no one should expect a blockbuster to pass the coveted $100 million-plus opening weekend mark. But if there’s any title that might have a puncher’s chance…
bubmag
July 8, 2021
China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days China's Social Credit System

China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days

Home News Spaceflight China appears to be returning to its pre-pandemic pace of launching back-to-back space missions. Various Chinese sources indicate the country finished three successful orbital launches in four days, with the latest of the group launching from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China on Tuesday (July…
bubmag
July 7, 2021