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Joe Biden pushes NATO to adapt to ‘new challenges’ from Russia, China China's Social Credit System

Joe Biden pushes NATO to adapt to ‘new challenges’ from Russia, China

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, France's President Emmanuel Macron, and US President Joe Biden wait for the meeting to start of the North Atlantic Council at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels on June 14, 2021. Photo: AFPBRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden…
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June 14, 2021
NATO leaders close ranks, send warnings to China and Russia China's Social Credit System

NATO leaders close ranks, send warnings to China and Russia

NATO leaders vowed Monday to work together against the "systemic challenge" posed by an increasingly assertive China and put Russia on notice about its flouting of international law, though France's Emmanuel Macron urged the alliance not to let Beijing distract it from more pressing issues. As US President Joe Biden renewed Washington's…
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June 14, 2021
Tencent’s game studio tries to combat employee burnout by banning long working hours — but will others follow suit? China's Social Credit System

Tencent’s game studio tries to combat employee burnout by banning long working hours — but will others follow suit?

“These policies ultimately work in the studio’s favor if you really think it through. Employees will continue to work long hours, but at home, secretly. At the same time, the company can save a lot of money by not providing overtime meal allowances and overtime pay,” a critic commented (in…
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June 12, 2021
Didi the Uber-slayer set for the world’s biggest initial public offering China's Social Credit System

Didi the Uber-slayer set for the world’s biggest initial public offering

Didi Chuxing CEO Chéng Wéi 程维 at a product launch event in Beijing, November, 2020. REUTERS/Yilei Sun Didi Chuxing, China’s ride-hailing giant, has filed to list in the U.S. in what will be the world’s biggest initial public offering this year, that could raise around $10 billion at a valuation…
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June 12, 2021
China’s Deadly Ultramarathon Blamed on Negligence by Organizers China's Social Credit System

China’s Deadly Ultramarathon Blamed on Negligence by Organizers

HONG KONG—Chinese officials said mismanagement and negligence by local officials and the operators of a 60-mile ultramarathon in the country’s western mountains led to the deaths of 21 runners last month. The death toll among participants in the Yellow River Stone Forest Ultramarathon was among the worst in mountain sports—exceeding…
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June 11, 2021