China’s Social Credit System

In the HR space, tech advancements have been promising to disrupt the field since cloud-based systems took off in the 1990s. Weve seen enough disruption in fields outside HR like hospitality, transportation, and finance, to know that major transformation is p…

Today the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions, named in honor of 120 men and women martyred for the Catholic faith in China between 1648 and 1930. Although the last of these Christians was killed in China almo…

2019201979Progressive Scholars Groups Statement on Hong Kongs current situation: Hongkongers should consider favorably supporting the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019 (9 July 2019) In response to the current political situation of Hong Kong. the…

Yesterday, the Vice News, in an investigative piece reported that China is forcing tourists who cross certain borders into Xinjiang, a western region of China to install an Android app that shares their personal information with the authorities. This news com…

BEIJING — Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of people—funny, friendly, officious, nervou…

BEIJING Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of peoplefunny, friendly, officious, nervous, help…

Tourists entering China's Xinjiang region are reportedly being forced to install an app that downloads all of their phone's text messages, contacts, and calendar information and scans the device for files related to Islam. According to a joint report from …

Josh Sigurdson talks with Kingsley Edwards about the recent announcements by Facebook regarding their Libra cryptocurrency which many are projecting will be a digital dollar to Bitcoin’s digital gold.Young people are not buying this desperate move to remain r…

(Fast) It appears other countries besides China are heading toward a bleak dystopian future where a human being is scored by their online activities. Only this time, its a tech company and not a government implementing the social credit score. While not as bl…

The images are astounding: Throngs of people marching, in crowds that seemingly go on forever, spilling through the streets of Hong Kong. But there is something else remarkable about the recent protests in the autonomous Chinese territory. They are the produ…