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China just launched three more Yaogan 31 reconnaissance satellites to orbit China's Social Credit System

China just launched three more Yaogan 31 reconnaissance satellites to orbit

Home News Spaceflight China successfully sent three reconnaissance satellites into orbit Tuesday (Feb. 23), according to media reports. A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-31 satellites flew into space from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 9:22 p.m. EST (0222 GMT, or 10:22 a.m. local time…
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February 26, 2021
China greenlights two more vaccines for public use China's Social Credit System

China greenlights two more vaccines for public use

Photo: File/ AFPBEIJING: China on Thursday has greenlighted two more vaccines for public use, the country's drug authority said. The vaccines made by CanSino Biologics and a unit of Sinopharm were given conditional approvals after they were found protective against Covid-19, said the National Medical Products Administration. Conditional approvals help…
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February 25, 2021
China Esports Weekly: Chinese Government Releases Qualification Standards for Esports Professions, Morris Garages Sponsors Bilibili Gaming China's Social Credit System

China Esports Weekly: Chinese Government Releases Qualification Standards for Esports Professions, Morris Garages Sponsors Bilibili Gaming

(Source: Morris Garages/Bilibili Gaming) With the Chinese New Year celebrations coming to an end, businesses reopening, and most employees returning to work from the break, China’s economic momentum is set to pick up steam in the second half of February. Likewise, after a tepid week of events and activities, China’s…
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February 25, 2021
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