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There’s something so strange about this COVID-19 risk factor, and scientists are baffled China's Social Credit System

There’s something so strange about this COVID-19 risk factor, and scientists are baffled

A new study says one preexisting medical condition that is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 can also reduce the risk of infection from the novel coronavirus. Researchers from Israel found that asthma patients are 30% less likely to contract the illness. But asthma is included as a risk factor…
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December 4, 2020
Capturing Reality and Creating Realities: FXG Founder Nikk Mitchell’s VR Journey in China China's Social Credit System

Capturing Reality and Creating Realities: FXG Founder Nikk Mitchell’s VR Journey in China

Nikk Mitchell is a Kenyan born Canadian who has lived in China for over a decade. Nikk originally built a name for himself in the Virtual Reality (VR) industry by launching the first VR community website in China, oculus-china.com, which was eventually purchased by Facebook in 2014. In 2017, Nikk…
bubmag
December 4, 2020
US in talks with Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou on resolving charges, source says China's Social Credit System

US in talks with Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou on resolving charges, source says

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou at her home in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: AP Huawei Technologies CFO reportedly has so far resisted proposal because she believes she has done nothing wrong Meng facing charges of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran Topic |   Meng Wanzhou Published: 8:46am,…
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December 4, 2020
Government, media rewrite history to attack Labor for being too soft — or is it too hard — on China China's Social Credit System

Government, media rewrite history to attack Labor for being too soft — or is it too hard — on China

Five years after being assailed by News Corp and the Coalition for being too hard on China, Labor is now deemed too soft on China — while the Coalition's complete reversal on hugging the panda is ignored.(Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)Here's a good example of something that fits that badly overused term…
bubmag
December 4, 2020
China Tech Digest: China And US Lead In Unicorn Startups, Tianjin Bans Biometric Data Collection China's Social Credit System

China Tech Digest: China And US Lead In Unicorn Startups, Tianjin Bans Biometric Data Collection

China and US take up 82% of world’s unicorn count The 2020 list of the top 500 global unicorn companies was released, with China and the United States accounting for 81.8%. The number and valuation of Chinese companies still ranks first in the world, at 217 and US$937.69 billion respectively.…
bubmag
December 3, 2020
China to bridge tech gap for seniors, Meituan posts strong Q3 results: Retailheads China's Social Credit System

China to bridge tech gap for seniors, Meituan posts strong Q3 results: Retailheads

A man takes a morning walk in Shanghai on March 22, 2019. (Image credit: TechNode/Cassidy McDonald) China launched a new initiative last week to help seniors bridge the digital technology divide. Meituan posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 30. An e-commerce subsidiary of Chinese omni-channel retailer Suning completed…
bubmag
December 2, 2020