China’s Social Credit System

What Happened: NIKE, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter and the full year ending May 31, 2021. According to the report, fourth-quarter reported revenues were $12.3 billion, up 96 percent compared to the prior year and increasing 21 percent over the same period in 2019. For…

Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights' channel, which published nearly 11,000 videos on YouTube totaling over 120 million views has been blocked for violating policy (Adds background on activist, quote, details on videos' content, links to related stories on Xinjiang) By Victoria Waldersee and Paresh Dave June 25 (Reuters) - A human…

Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, carrying a backpack, Bhutan’s king has walked through jungles infested with leeches and snakes, trekked mountains and quarantined several times in a hotel in the capital. For 14 months, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, has been travelling by foot, car and…

Edison, NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/25/2021 -- The Latest survey report on COVID-19 Outbreak-Global Natural Health Supplements Market sheds lights on changing dynamics in Food & Beverages Sector and elaborates market size and growth pattern of each of COVID-19 Outbreak- Natural Health Supplements segments. As the shift to value continues,…

China is all set to operationalise the first electric train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi - a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is expected to be inaugurated ahead of…

The Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III smartphones might combine the best of Sony in 2021, but they are yet to grace the world's markets. We already the prices in Russia, China, and the United States, and today we see a listing in Germany, revealing the pricing and availability…

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(Source: Bloomberg) On June 23rd, Kuaishou, a Chinese short video company and rival of TikTok, held a strategic cooperation conference in Beijing with Voice of China, a state-owned company. Kuaishou obtained the rights to broadcast the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on its short video…

CryptoCorner China's continued crackdown on Bitcoin mining sent the value of the world's leading cryptocurrency below $30,000 for the first time since late January. Bitcoin's drop Tuesday morning put it nearly 55% below its record high before recovering in mid-day trading. CoinFlip, a provider of Bitcoin ATMs, announced plans to…

Uyghur members of the Communist Party of China carry a flag past a billboard of Chinese President Xi Jinping as they take part in an organized tour on June 30, 2017, in the old town of Kashgar, in the far western Xinjiang province, China. Kevin Frayer/GETTY IMAGES Prime Minister Justin…