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Tianwen-1 completes braking maneuver and enters parking orbit around Mars China's Social Credit System

Tianwen-1 completes braking maneuver and enters parking orbit around Mars

China’s Mars mission, called Tianwen-1, is going very well so far. This week the spacecraft successfully completed its third braking maneuver and entered a parking orbit around Mars on Wednesday at about 6:29 AM BJT. The announcement was made this morning by the China National Space Administration. The probe will…
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February 24, 2021
China records large spike in mushroom poisoning incidents China's Social Credit System

China records large spike in mushroom poisoning incidents

The amount of mushroom poisonings and the number of people affected doubled this past year in China compared to 2019. In 2020, the number of investigations reached 676, involving 102 species of poisonous mushrooms, 24 of which were newly recorded in China. Mushroom poisoning incidents from 24 provincial-level administrative divisions…
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February 24, 2021
Canada’s parliament says China committed genocide against Muslim minorities China's Social Credit System

Canada’s parliament says China committed genocide against Muslim minorities

Ottawa (CNN)Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties between the two countries. Though Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from Monday's vote, a majority of lawmakers -- including…
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February 23, 2021
India to clear 45 investments from China, likely to include Great Wall, SAIC: Sources China's Social Credit System

India to clear 45 investments from China, likely to include Great Wall, SAIC: Sources

Synopsis About 150 investment proposals from China worth more than $2 billion were stuck in the pipeline. Companies from Japan and the U.S. routing investment through Hong Kong were also caught in the cross-fire as an inter-ministerial panel led by the home ministry increased scrutiny of such proposals.Getty ImagesNEW DELHI:…
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February 22, 2021
China sets new rules for Ant Group to play by if it wants to think again about a float China's Social Credit System

China sets new rules for Ant Group to play by if it wants to think again about a float

China has set out new rules for lenders that operate online, and they’ll probably make life harder for Alibaba’s financial services limb, the Ant Group, should it consider another attempt at a stock market listing. Ant Group’s float was on track to break all-time records by delivering a valuation of…
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February 22, 2021
With Renewed Rural Focus, China Standardizes Village Mergers China's Social Credit System

With Renewed Rural Focus, China Standardizes Village Mergers

Beijing has forbidden local governments from forcing people to leave their villages and move to newly built settlements, a pervasive practice intended to boost the economic viability of depopulated rural areas but that has been met with opposition from villagers. The policy, released Sunday by China’s central authorities, was part of…
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February 22, 2021
Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote by Canadian MPs on Uighur genocide China's Social Credit System

Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote by Canadian MPs on Uighur genocide

OTTAWA — China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province. OTTAWA — China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's…
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February 21, 2021
Bilibili Influencer Interviews Apple CEO, Revealing Which iPhone Features Were Inspired by Chinese Users and More China's Social Credit System

Bilibili Influencer Interviews Apple CEO, Revealing Which iPhone Features Were Inspired by Chinese Users and More

Source: Bilibili An interview of Apple CEO Tim Cook by a 22-year-old Bilibili content creator went viral in China. Within the 48 hours of the video’s release, the 18-minute clip generated over 5.4 million video views on Bilibili, and the hashtag #HetongxueInterviewTimCook (#何同学采访苹果CEO#) attracted over 220 million views on Weibo.…
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February 20, 2021
Food Delivery Service Ele.me Faces Harsh Criticism due to Reportedly Unreasonable Reward System Amid Spring Festival China's Social Credit System

Food Delivery Service Ele.me Faces Harsh Criticism due to Reportedly Unreasonable Reward System Amid Spring Festival

Source: Gongshe Labor disputes surrounding China’s leading food delivery service Ele.me are back in the spotlight. After several couriers anonymously complained about the firm’s unreasonable reward system during the Chinese New Year on Weibo, Ele.me apologized yesterday for misjudging the number of possible delivery orders and promised to fix the…
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February 20, 2021