China’s Social Credit System

De Lima: PH to end up as ‘China’s satellite’ in allowing incursions in WPS Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said Philippines could end up as “another one of China’s satellites” if President Duterte and the military will not stand against the incursion of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea…

TAIPEI, Taiwan: China’s success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated. So it is accelerating its inoculation campaign by offering incentives — free eggs, store coupons and discounts on groceries and merchandise — to those getting a shot. After…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 - Malaysian palm oil futures rose 2% on Friday lifted by stronger exports in April so far, but the contract is set for its first weekly decline in three as tight supply weighed on sentiment. The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa…

This image shows a chimera human-monkey blastocyst. Credit: Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and were able to grow chimeric embryos for a significant period of time — up to 20 days. The…

On March 2, Microsoft warned the world that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group called Hafnium had infected what would turn out to be tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in a weeks-long hacking blitz. While Microsoft soon released a patch, not every victim updated their systems, and hundreds of…

The national security threats that top intelligence officials laid out for lawmakers on Wednesday were dominated by China’s efforts to expand its global influence and the “cascading crises” and “looming disequilibrium” facing the Biden Administration as existing security challenges are exacerbated by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Their warnings,…

Opposed thumbs are adaptations to arboreal life and rare for non-mammal vertebrates; Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, a newly-discovered species of arboreal pterosaur that inhabited a unique forest ecosystem in what is now China during the Jurassic period, shows the oldest record of such a feature. Life reconstruction of Kunpengopterus antipollicatus in the…

The Explainer is where we explain an aspect of Chinese life. Simple. So now you know. On April 14, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, or 三月三, Sanya will take a day off. China’s national law allows for local provinces to set holidays and honor customs in…

According to Chinese oil industry consultation firm Shanghai Pansun’s General Manager Cai Neng Bin, the local soybean oil industry is in the difficult position of facing a triple threat from not just COVID-19 impacts, but also ASF impacts and the US-China trade war. “ COVID-19 affecting the overall supply chain…

Gaming, the ACG Community, and Virtual Idols Globally, gamers have progressed far beyond the old stereotype of shut-ins spending hours glued to their monitors. As gaming goes mainstream, players include members of the crucial higher-income demographics, and brands across the consumer spectrum are taking note. China’s gaming industry brought in…