China’s Social Credit System

China will use its social credit system to monitor all domestic and foreign companies when the scoring system officially rolls out next year. The news has sparked fears that the controversial blacklist scheme could be Beijing's new weapon against foreign com…

Beijing has been developing a globally unprecedented plan to give companies and individual people ‘social credit’ scores. (Bloomberg pic) BEIJING: The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well underway and accelerating, a Euro…

Published: 9:55am, 28 Aug, 2019 Updated: 10:05am, 28 Aug, 2019

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) – The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to the plan’s potential …

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to the plan’s potential …

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

In China, a three-digit number between 350 and 950 can determine whether a persons loan application is approved, whether they can travel outside the nations borders, and even whether theyre able to land a date for Friday night. That number is their social cr…