China’s Social Credit System

1 min read China Tech Talk is an almost weekly discussion of the most important issues in Chinas tech. From IPOs to fake data, from the role of WeChat to Apples waning influence, hosts John Artman and Matthew Brennan interview experts and discuss the trends s…

The Sidewalk Labs office in Toronto includes models of the proposed Quayside project. An internal document from 2016 shows Sidewalk's early plans for data collection and taxation powers. Fred Lum A confidential Sidewalk Labs document from 2016 lays out the …

By Aaron Kesel Hong Kong citizens denying tyranny against their own government and the Chinese government are striking back against a ban on covering their faces. Defying the law, protesters wore Joker, Winne The Pooh and Guy Fawkes masks while holding hands…

TikTok, the app that revolves around sharing short video clips, is in a unique position. Its arguably the first international social media platform to have built a massive audience in the United States, where its been downloaded more than 110 million times si…

The Catholic charity organization Aid to the Church in Need’s report Persecuted and Forgotten? found a marked increase in repression of the free practice of Christianity in China in the time period it studied, between 2017 and 2019. Chinese dictator Xi Jinpi…

Advertising Mainstream press has been flush recently with stories detailing Beijings encroachment on NBA and American values. Chinas corporate bullying, a phenomenon well-known to seasoned China watchers, was dragged screaming into the light earlier this mon…

Peter Navarro, the US lead trade negotiator with China, was recently found to have published multiple books citing a fake expert that turned out to be his alter ego.Navarro had quoted “Ron Vara” (an anagram of his name) sharing exaggerated th…

"Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience." - William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens" "We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R…

The 5G networks that are being deployed all around Europe can provide urban citizens with sustainable living, reduced traffic and stringent security but the technology can also be a slippery slope towards mass surveillance From sustainable living, reduced tra…

The 5G networks that are being deployed all around Europe can provide urban citizens with sustainable living, reduced traffic and stringent security but the technology can also be a slippery slope towards mass surveillance From sustainable living, reduced tra…