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Nigerian govt flags off $950m Makurdi–9th Mile dualization project China's Social Credit System

Nigerian govt flags off $950m Makurdi–9th Mile dualization project

The Federal Government on Saturday, September 13, 2025, flagged off the second phase of the Makurdi–9th Mile dualization project, a 260-kilometer highway expected to transform transportation and commerce across the North-Central and Southeast corridors. The project, estimated at $950 million and funded by the China Exim Bank, covers 520 kilometers…
bubmag
September 13, 2025
Emerging markets lead Apple’s 3% gain in premium smartphone sales [report] China's Social Credit System

Emerging markets lead Apple’s 3% gain in premium smartphone sales [report]

A new report by Counterpoint Research points to India and China as key drivers of Apple’s 3% year-over-year rise in global premium smartphone sales during the first half of 2025, despite a market share dip. Here are the details. For the past few months, we have covered multiple reports indicating…
bubmag
September 11, 2025
Twenty One Pilots Sue Temu for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Merch China's Social Credit System

Twenty One Pilots Sue Temu for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Merch

The complaint says the China-based retailer is a “veritable swamp of infringing and otherwise illegal products” Twenty One Pilots performing in Milan in April 2025. Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images Twenty One Pilots have accused Temu of marketing and selling counterfeit merch in a new trademark infringement lawsuit filed against the China-based online…
bubmag
September 10, 2025
AI ‘Ghostbots’ Update China’s Relationship With the Dead China's Social Credit System

AI ‘Ghostbots’ Update China’s Relationship With the Dead

During the Ghost Festival on September 6, people across China honored the spirits of their ancestors by burning joss paper, floating lanterns, or even offering painkillers and Labubu dolls. Others simply communicated with their late relative using their smartphone — and even receive a reply. People around the world are…
bubmag
September 10, 2025
China’s exports and imports grow slower than expected amid tariff-trade war with US China's Social Credit System

China’s exports and imports grow slower than expected amid tariff-trade war with US

The increase in China’s overseas shipments last month fell below a Bloomberg forecast of 5.5 percent. China’s exports expanded 4.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy navigated an uneasy trade war truce with the United States. The increase in China’s overseas shipments last…
bubmag
September 8, 2025
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life China's Social Credit System

As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life

Opinion China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were this week reportedly overheard chatting about the possibility that organ transplants might help them achieve immortality. That's scary because both already show signs of intending to rule their nations for the remainder of their lives, and because we know those…
bubmag
September 7, 2025