China’s Social Credit System

US President Donald Trump is confident of hashing out a deal with President Xi Jinping of China, who he is expected to meet next week, after top economic officials from both countries concluded two days of discussions to de-escalate a trade war. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative…

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said Hong Kong can learn from the fourth plenum of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and other development projects on the mainland in developing the Northern Metropolis. In his blog on Sunday, Chan spoke about a visit by an SAR delegation led by him…

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Politics As Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid a U.S. trade war, a former Canadian diplomat who spent more than a thousand days imprisoned in China is warning Ottawa to remember the threat China poses to Canada. China detained Kovrig for over 1,000…

Between the end of a summer that had been going on too long and the beginning of a too-warm autumn that would crank up my climate change anxiety to ten, I joined a tai chi class. I had noticed a sign when I was out walking. Immediately, I went online,…

The Redmi K series has solidified itself as the go-to option for flagship killers in China, and the latest offering is the best one yet. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Pro Max member in the series, but the Redmi K90 Pro Max is just that special of…

Ex-Soho China CEO Zhang Xin has taken her act to a bigger stage A one-time main character in real estate markets in Beijing and Shanghai has re-emerged in a new  city with a report of Soho China’s Zhang Xin taking on an Upper East Side project leading today’s collection of…

Speculation has grown that China’s latest Type 076 amphibious warship , which will serve as a drone carrier and is capable of launching fixed-wing fighters, has begun testing its advanced electromagnetic catapult. The Sichuan, which is currently being fitted out at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, was pictured on Chinese social…

China’s Chang’e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon last year, made a fascinating discovery. While poring over the returned lunar samples, which arrived on Earth in June of last year, scientists found fragments of carbonaceous chondrite (CI chondrite), which once belonged to a…

Photo Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine Advertisers aren’t confident about TikTok’s future in the US, despite the Trump administration’s insistence that a deal with China is moving forward. Some advertisers are planning to scale back spending with TikTok next year, even as the White House continues to assert that a “TikTok USA”…