China’s Social Credit System

Chinese technology experts held a seminar titled "Blockchain technology helps China's new social credit system" on Jan. 14. English-language news outlet China.org.cn reported on Jan. 22 that over 20 experts from universities, research institutes and businesses attended the event.China’s social credit system is a citizen reputation system that the Chinese…

On December 24, 2019, The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper is weighing proposals for a major reduction or even a complete pullout of US forces from West Africa. This is the first phase of reviewing deployments that could reshuffle …

As the number of Christians living under severe persecution around the world grows, American officials must make clear to nations that profit from American business that “human rights are a concern of the American people,” David Curry, the CEO of the Christia…

Volvo Cars will collaborate with China Unicom to develop connected car applications using 5G ... technology. Volvo Cars Connectivity is central to the future of transportation, and if self-driving vehicles are going to enter the mainstream market, they’re going to need 5G. Volvo announced it has partnered with state-owned telecom…

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The Chinese governments use of the social credit system, repression of Uighur muslims and crackdown on Hong Kong protesters presents an existential threat to the world, the US-based Human Rights Watch organisation has warned, as it heaps pressure on the Unite…

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Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, described Taiwan’s “landslide” re-election of President Tsai Ing-wen as a victory for freedom around the world, offering his analysis in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart New…

Authored by Antony Sammeroff via The Mises Institute, Im sitting in the pub after a Skeptics Society meet up. I dont go very often, but there was a famous author speaking, and living (as most of us do these days) in something of a social media bubble, this i…

It is nearly impossible to live in todays world without having come across mention of the legendary Noam Chomsky. His work as a linguist, historian, political activist and philosopher, which spans nearly a century, has had an immeasurable impact on contempora…