China’s Social Credit System

New FSD programme enhances life support measures in community (with photos) ***************************************************************************      The Fire Services Department (FSD) today (June 22) officially announced the "AED Anywhere for Anyone" Programme and the launch of an online information platform named "Centralized AED Registry for Emergency" (CARE) (www.hkfsd.gov.hk/aed) , aiming at incrementally increasing…

(Source: JD.com) Sales for China’s online shopping giants reached a new high in the mid-year “618” shopping extravaganza, with platforms adopting different approaches to attract consumers and boost sales. JD.com revealed that its total transaction volume reached 343.8 billion yuan, an 27.7% increase compared with last year, with some of…

In late March, the maker of North Face jackets and Vans sneakers quietly took down a statement raising concern about allegations of forced labor in China’s cotton-rich Xinjiang region. Rival fashion company H&M had just been erased from China’s internet for a similar statement. Three other big apparel companies also…

Large scale bans in bitcoin mining in China have seen the mining hash rate hit a three-month low. The total hash rate (TH/s) has hit a new three-month low as China continues its clampdown on bitcoin mining operations within the country.  The estimated number of tera hashes per second the…

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A week after the G7 patted itself on the back for agreeing charitably to hand out 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines (“a drop in the ocean,” as Amnesty International put it), a very different group of leaders will convene virtually on Friday to hash out a more durable way…

Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo (left), commander Nie Haisheng (center), and astronaut Liu Boming (right) inside the Tianhe core module of China’s space station. Credit: CCTV Three Chinese astronauts floated into the country’s new Tiangong space station Thursday, becoming the first people to board China’s outpost in orbit after a successful…

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