China’s Social Credit System

India's Modi renews ties with Maldives by AFP Staff Writers Male, Maldives (AFP) July 26, 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a visit to the Maldives on Saturday, renewing ties by offering infrastructure projects and vital financial assistance to the cash-strapped Indian Ocean nation. Regional powerhouse India had…

Scientists have discovered a dinosaur that might have chirped like a bird, a finding that suggests the evolutionary origins of birdsong may be far more ancient than we previously thought. In a paper published last week in the journal PeerJ, an international team of researchers describes a 163-million-year-old fossil found…

BEIJING (AP) — Late last month, a car struck children near an elementary school in an outlying district of Beijing, according to a Chinese news report. A four-sentence police statement said a 35-year-old male driver hit pedestrians due to “improper operation” of the car. It didn't mention the school or…

Li Qiang, China’s premier, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, July 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: QILAI SHEN Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday proposed establishing an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, calling on countries to coordinate on the development and…

Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir’s sudden change of travel plans by skipping his tour to Sri Lanka and rushing to China has the potential to garner the attention of both India and the United States, but also reflects Islamabad’s dependence on Beijing read more India keeps a close eye on…

Hong Kong is poised to play an invaluable role in sustainable development by capitalising on its strengths in green finance given mainland China’s status as a leader in advanced green technologies, a top American economist has said. Jeffrey Sachs, an economics professor and director of the Centre for Sustainable Development…

ZHEJIANG, East China — “Find the little girl,” Li Xiaoyi repeats for the third time, her finger on a cartoon avatar with wide eyes, a neat bob, and a faint, unreadable smile. “That’s for chatting.” Around the classroom, students hunch over their phones, scrolling, tapping, squinting — searching for the face…

In the end, CHAGEE’s story is both a tribute and a rejoinder: a tribute to 2,700 years of tea culture, and a rejoinder to the notion that global brands must flow westward to succeed. In early May 2025, a serpentine line stretched beneath the late-morning sun outside Westfield Century City…

Air Asia Brawl 3 Women Clash With Older Guy ... Fists Fly, Staff Jump In Published July 22, 2025 5:44 AM PDT | Updated July 24, 2025 4:14 PM PDT Viral Press No one is safe these days from a fight on a flight ... in the latest example, take…

An aerial drone photo taken on July 21, 2025 shows villagers driving transplanters to plant rice seedlings in Yuyao, east China's Zhejiang Province. Farmers across the country are busy with agricultural production in the farming season around Dashu, or the Great Heat, the 12th of traditional Chinese 24 solar terms…