China’s Social Credit System

People watch a movie in a cinema in Shanghai, China, July 20, 2020. (Aly Song/Reuters) Action-movie star John Cena’s fulsome and abject apology for having offended China by referring in passing to Taiwan as a “country” while promoting his new movie F9 may have set a new low for cringing cravenness…

By Karina Shah Fossil cupules from an ancient plant unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China Gongle Shi Newly discovered plant fossils from China, dating back more than 125 million years, may help to establish which seed plants evolved into modern flowering plants. Flowering plants, known as angiosperms, dominate most land ecosystems,…

Key Takeaways: Luxury resale is booming in China, driven by younger consumers interested in sustainability, archive pieces, and owning hard-to-find pieces.Chinese luxury resale e-commerce platforms are attracting a flood of investment that could be applied to creating new brand extensions.Creating in-house fashion brands could help Chinese luxury resale sites carve…

What Happened: Move over, Jeff Bezos; there’s a bigger billionaire in town. On May 24, Forbes named fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault the world’s richest person with an estimated net worth of $186.3 billion, beating out the Amazon founder by $300 million. Tied over the weekend, the chief executive of LVMH…

(Philstar.com) - May 24, 2021 - 9:41pm MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said Manila and Beijing will discuss in June the compensation for crew of the GemVer, the Filipino fishing boat rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in 2019.  Guevarra in a message said the…

Hawkish foreign policy is a losing game when China provides 70 percent of the world’s rare-earth supplies. May 24, 2021 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch. Thanks to its very name—renewable…

2019: Australian intelligence services conclude that China was responsible for a cyber-attack on Australia's parliament and three largest political parties in the run-up to a May election. April 2020: Australian PM Scott Morrison begins canvassing his fellow world leaders for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Britain…

Pune: Ninong Ering, a former union minister and a Arunachal Pradesh MLA, has called for a ban on the relaunch of PUBG Mobile as Battlegrounds Mobile India, on grounds that it would once again give China’s Tencent Holdings access to the Indian market. Pre-registrations for the Indian version of PlayerUnknown’s…

Xiaomi is proudly announcing that its Mi 11, Mi 11 Pro, and Mi 11 Ultra have reached over 3 million cumulative sales worldwide. Undoubtedly, if we would add in the other members of the Mi 11 family, the number would be even bigger. Furthermore, Xiaomi boasts that the aforementioned trio…

China on Friday asserted that any successor to the present Dalai Lama should be approved by it, ruling out recognition to any heir nominated by the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader or by his followers. The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and other grand Living Buddhas has been subjected to approval…