Category

China’s Social Credit System

China’s coronavirus response could build public support for its government China's Social Credit System

China’s coronavirus response could build public support for its government

Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. The new European data protection law requires us to inform you of the following before you use our website: We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps…
bubmag
March 27, 2020
Will Blockchain and Crypto Be Used Against Us After Covid-19 Clears? China's Social Credit System

Will Blockchain and Crypto Be Used Against Us After Covid-19 Clears?

More than a decade ago, Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled an intelligent virtual money system based on blockchain, which could be adopted globally without the fear of government or corporate control, except the very unlikely 51% attack threat. However, what if the very same technology created to save us will actually be…
bubmag
March 26, 2020
The state transformed: The crisis has turbocharged China’s intrusive state capitalism China's Social Credit System

The state transformed: The crisis has turbocharged China’s intrusive state capitalism

Shanghai is about 800km down the Yangtze river from the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began in November 2019. Yet where New York City, halfway across the world, currently has more than 13,000 reported cases, China’s economic capital has fewer than 400. The country’s one-party state, aided by…
bubmag
March 25, 2020