China’s Social Credit System

In this Nov. 27, 2019 photo, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi delivers his keynote address at the first Government-Private Forum on Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for Asean in Makati City. (Photo from the DoE Facebook page) The Department of Energy (DoE) on Friday voiced optimism that the Philippines would finally attain…

* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 1%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 6.6%* HSI +0.9%, HSCE +1.6%, CSI300 -0.2%* FTSE China A50 +0.3%Oct 16 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks ended higher on Friday to post their third weekly gain in a row, as investors cheered fresh policy support and upbeat data…

Lauren Murphy has a new opponent for UFC 254. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from her 125-pound matchup with Murphy and newcomer Liliya Shakirova will step in on a little over a week’s notice for…

A tax cut policy for exhibits of the third China International Import Expo was jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Taxation Administration on Monday. CIIE exhibitors stand to receive a certain amount of tax exemption, including customs duties, value-added tax and…

Next month’s China International Import Expo offers Argentine wine makers the chance to showcase their premium products and increase their market share, an industry representative said.The first and second editions of the fair, in 2018 and 2019, led to “concrete progress” in making the trade connections needed to begin exports…

Paris: As Europe imposed new restrictions to try to stall a surging second wave of the novel coronavirus, hopes for vaccines to rapidly provide relief suffered a blow Tuesday with the suspension of two clinical trials in the United States. China meanwhile rushed to test an entire city of nine…

New Delhi: The Indian and Chinese armies said in a joint statement on Tuesday that Monday’s military talks at the corps commander level between India and China was “positive and constructive”, and both sides agreed to earnestly implement the understanding by their leaders to not turn differences into disputes, and…

India and China held the seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks on Monday at Chushul in eastern Ladakh. The Indian side was represented by outgoing 14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh and his successor Lt Gen PGK Menon. In the seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks, India continued to…

China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe is seen by a tiny camera ejected from the spacecraft in a photo captured 15 million miles from Earth.  (Image credit: CNSA) China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has beamed home some deep-space selfies snapped by a small camera jettisoned during its journey to Mars.A small camera with wide-angle lenses…

Pinduoduo jointly launched “Super Brand Day Activities” with Xiaodu, China’s largest search engine Baidu’s artificial intelligence speaker. On the night of Sept. 30, Jing Kun (right), vice president of Baidu group and general manager of Baidu Smart Life Business Group (SLG) introduced Xiaodu’s wireless smart headphones in detail in Pinduoduo’s…