China’s Social Credit System

The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, first emerged in China. Beijing’s late, inadequate, and skewed information disclosures accelerated the virus’s global spread. China’s manipulation of information continues to hamper response efforts. Now, as the world wrestles with the pandemic—and its human, economic, and social costs—Beijing sees an opportunity and is…

Gamification has become a dominant trend in the corporate training industry. First popularized in 2010, multiple studies have demonstrated the positive impact of certain aspects of gamification, like increasing user engagement, motivation, completion rates, learning outcomes, etc. However, using gamification in a way that is effective may require more than…

Articles Cyber-States and US National Security: Learning from Covid-19 Jonathan Lancelot The Covid-19 disaster is a colossal international tragedy, a pandemic of epic proportions. This virus alone has challenged our way of doing business, politics, and war. Covid-19 started in Wuhan China in late 2019 and has spread exponentially around…

On Wednesday, President Trump held another grim press conference to inform the public he was deploying wartime powers to fight the impending coronavirus threat. Several members of the White House press corps responded by squandering what little time available to them by lecturing the president about what they deem to…

China Power | Politics | East Asia Surprisingly, China’s Xi is poised to politically profit from the deadly outbreak, both at home and abroad. People walk by a giant TV screen broadcasting news of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, at a quiet shopping mall…

Iran and China, too, are turning powerful intelligence-gathering networks on their own people. Is the U.S. next? An Israeli soldier wearing a face mask enters a train on March 16, 2020 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced emergency measures to combat COVID-19 after more than 300 Israelis…

whatever gods may be — Spoilers: A look at what we learned in the season premiere, and what might be yet to come. Lee Hutchinson - Mar 16, 2020 2:30 am UTC Enlarge / SYMBOLISM, YO.HBO"Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar,…

The government has partnered with Beijing to back a project aimed at developing facial recognition technology that can identify people wearing masks.The Home Office and the Metropolitan Police are both involved in a programme that carries out research jointly funded by the Chinese state — despite the country’s reported use…

Technology has played a large role in China's efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak—but how will the U.S. response compare as the virus continues to spread?Experts say it's unlikely, but not impossible, that America could replicate the tech-driven approach taken by China, which has taken full advantage of its vast…

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD faced criticism Thursday from both sides of the political aisle and from geopolitical experts for undercutting U.S. transportation equipment suppliers. Opponents also called out the manufacturer as a threat to American security.At a hearing on Capitol Hill, BYD, along with railcar manufacturer China Railway Rolling…