China’s Social Credit System

Starting in September, residents of Xi'an, located in China's northwest Shaanxi Province, will receive negative social credit points if they refuse to observe local garbage sorting regulations, according to the CCP-friendly Global Times.  The Xi'an governmen…

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Writes William L Anderson: Lew, Im teaching a course at Hunan University of Commerce in Changsha (Intermediate Microeconomics) and read part of your article to Paulette this morning. It is interesting to see the transformation in China, and, as always, I am…

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China operates a nationwide blacklist that contains the names and personal information of people who have been ordered by the courts to pay back money, also known as “laolai.” Some local phone operators have assigned special ringtones to warn people that the…

Skip to comments. Chinas new social credit system turns Orwells 1984 into realityNY Post ^ | 05/18/2019 | Steven W. Mosher Posted on 05/18/2019 9:51:31 AM PDT by DFG Imagine calling a friend. Only instead of hearing a ring tone you hear a police siren,…

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Firstly, are these nations necessarily treating their people better because of this greater degree of freer trade?  Using China as an example, although for some time it appeared as if China was losing its grip on its people, allowing a greater degree of freed…

China's social credit system, which rates its 1.4 billion citizens based on their daily behaviour, will help the country restore morality, state media reported.  'China's ongoing construction of the world's largest social credit system will help the country …