China’s Social Credit System

Gaming, the ACG Community, and Virtual Idols Globally, gamers have progressed far beyond the old stereotype of shut-ins spending hours glued to their monitors. As gaming goes mainstream, players include members of the crucial higher-income demographics, and brands across the consumer spectrum are taking note. China’s gaming industry brought in…

America's plan to compete with China includes a call for the land of the free to dominate tech standards bodies, especially for 5G, and to appoint an ambassador level official to lead a new “Technology Partnership Office” that Washington will use to drive tech collaboration among like-minded nations. Released last…

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Chloé Zhao was named the best director of 2020 at the 73rd annual Directors Guild Awards, which were presented on Saturday in a virtual ceremony. Zhao’s win for her quiet road film “Nomadland” makes her the second woman to win the DGA Award for feature film, after Kathryn Bigelow for…

India and Japan are planning to hold a '2+2' format meeting of foreign and defence ministers in Tokyo later this month, Japanese media reported.   According to NHK, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo are due to attend the meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S…

Alibaba fined USD 2.8 billion on monopoly charge in China APLast Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 08:27 AM IST Synopsis The ruling Communist Party is tightening control over China's biggest e-commerce and other internet companies and has warned them not to use their industry dominance to stifle competition.ReutersChinese regulators have fined…

(Source: Huawei) Chinese telecom giant Huawei initiated a new public service campaign on Thursday, aiming to plant 62,439 trees donated by the company and its consumers across a desert located in China’s northwestern Gansu province. Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer business, announced that the company has donated 50,000 desert…

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Updated 1 hour ago · Published on 8 Apr 2021 7:50AM · Sakura Kokumai, a female karate exponent who is of Japanese heritage, describes being racially abused while training at the park. – EPA pic, April 8, 2021. ASIAN-AMERICAN athletes hoping to represent the United States at this year’s Olympics…