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Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching China's Social Credit System

Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching

Feature Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Gilmore said that the internet routed around censorship. But what if the net stopped being one big, connected thing? National governments are busy walling off their own sections, and in some cases changing the technologies that underpin it. What's more, they're not stopping at…
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January 4, 2021
PH denies ‘sitting down’ on Chinese vaccine developer’s clinical trial application China's Social Credit System

PH denies ‘sitting down’ on Chinese vaccine developer’s clinical trial application

THE Philippine government denied claims by the Philippine distributor of Sinopharm (China National Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited) that it did not act on its documents submitted for clinical trials for its coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in the country. The statement comes after two executives from the sole distributor of the…
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January 2, 2021
China Approves Homegrown Covid-19 Vaccine Developed by Sinopharm China's Social Credit System

China Approves Homegrown Covid-19 Vaccine Developed by Sinopharm

Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the Chinese government on Thursday. (Source: Global Times) The Chinese government has granted conditional approval to its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, health officials announced Thursday. The China’s National Health Commission said at a news conference the vaccine…
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December 31, 2020
China’s E-commerce Platforms Alibaba, JD.com, Vipshop Fined Over Pricing Complaints China's Social Credit System

China’s E-commerce Platforms Alibaba, JD.com, Vipshop Fined Over Pricing Complaints

JD.com, Alibaba’s Tmall and Vipshop were each slapped with a fine of 500,000 yuan (US$77,000). (Source: KrAsia) China’s market regulator said it fined operators of Alibaba’s Tmall, JD.com and Vipshop for mispricing products in November and early December, as Beijing steps up regulation of the e-commerce sector. The companies were…
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December 31, 2020
In Year Of Surprises, China’s Bottled Water King Overtook Jack Ma As Its Richest Person China's Social Credit System

In Year Of Surprises, China’s Bottled Water King Overtook Jack Ma As Its Richest Person

Government probes in Alibaba Group and Ant Group have hurt the fortune of China's Internet icon Jack ... Ma. ASSOCIATED PRESS Plunging shares in Alibaba Group amid a China government anti-monopoly probe this month has grabbed the attention of investors worldwide. It’s the latest bad news for hitherto high-flying Alibaba…
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December 31, 2020
China will be ‘Australia’s greatest challenge’ into the New Year China's Social Credit System

China will be ‘Australia’s greatest challenge’ into the New Year

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December 30, 2020