China’s Social Credit System

As HRW pointed out, many of these surveillance techniques are flagrantly illegal under Chinese law. HRW wrote its report after gaining possession of a smartphone app used by Chinese law enforcement officials in Xinjiang province. Investigators worked backwar…

In February 2018, new regulations regarding religion took effect in China to help “block extremism.” Getty Images China is one of the worst persecutors of Christians, The United States Commission on Religious Freedom has revealed in its annual report highlighting about 30 countries where religious freedom rights are being egregiously…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Police in Xinjiang now have one more way to record data about its citizens Chinese police are using a mobile app to keep data on millions of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW)…

On this May Day, alarm bells should be sounding as China’s internet standards and surveillance grid is spreading around the globe. As reported by the Epoch Times, the city of Darwin in Australia is preparing to integrate with Chinese surveillance technology …

By Daniel Taylor On this May day, alarm bells should be sounding as Chinas internet standards and surveillance grid is spreading around the globe. As reported by The Epoch Times, the city of Darwin in Australia is preparing to integrate with Chinese surveil…

Date created : 01/05/2019 - 15:47 In China, where millions of people have their faces scanned on a daily basis, authorities are developing a so-called "social credit" system. Citizens behavior is monitored and scrutinised they are given scores and ranked acc…

Updated April 30, 2019 05:44:31 Chinese authorities appear to be ramping up a practice that shames debtors into paying back the state by projecting their names and photographs onto the big screen ahead of popular films. Key points: People who owed money …

Both America and China assume they are special and inherently superior to other nations.  Both expect other countries to follow their lead.  Unlike Americans, whose time horizon rarely extends beyond the next election, China plays the long game.  The Chinese …

Chinese inspired technology will soon be used to track what Australians are browsing on their phone, where they're going and if they're involved in criminal behaviour.  This year, Darwin council will install the new 'Smart technology', which uses facial reco…

What just happened? Communist authorities in China are in the process of developing a social credit system, a nationwide technology-driven reputational system that will allow the government to more effectively monitor and control its citizens through incenti…