China’s Social Credit System

President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday and announced new tariffs would take effect on all goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is…

OTTAWA – Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory measures, while China is turning to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap sweeping tariffs on the United States’ largest commercial partners. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb 2 that Canada would impose…

The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible Shell has avoided paying compensation for nearly 2 million sham carbon credits it supported in China, as registry Verra has been unable to hold the world’s largest offsets…

Home United States U.S. News All About America World Africa The Americas East Asia Europe Middle East South & Central Asia Broadcast Programs VOA Languages Latest Global Coverage Follow Us Languages Search Search Previous Next Breaking News USA January 31, 2025 2:05 AM By Steve Herman Embed Trump's support for…

Scientists in China placed a 0.5 mm thick aluminum foil between the solar cell and the EVA, and between the EVA and the glass layer. The two experimental modules were compared to a reference module and were found to dissipate heat and increase the in-plane temperature uniformity. January 30, 2025…

The Lunar New Year holiday is among the priciest time to travel in China, but this year, Chinese internet user Lan He managed to score a one-way flight ticket from Kunming, Yunnan province, to her parents’ home about two hours away in Jian, Jiangxi province, for less than 500 yuan…

Last week, a friend suggested something unexpected: “Why not invite our husbands to see the Chinese feminist movie Her Story? ” Everyone agreed and we watched the film as a group. Afterwards, we discussed the movie as men and women sharing perspectives, in a way I had rarely experienced before.…

A challenge of being part of the establishment in a dying empire is the need to ignore and explain away obvious signs of imperial decline and demonise rival empires. Inevitably, the shock delivered to purported American AI supremacy by Chinese start-up DeepSeek — which even Trump supporters hailed as a…

Employees of a company in China faced off in a contest to "earn" their bonuses during an annual party that took place on Jan 25. Videos of Henan Mine's event on Douyin show long tables covered with cash, which employees are seen grabbing and counting. Employees were told to split into teams of…

The large model storm stirred up by DeepSeek is escalating in both China and the United States. On January 27th, the Apple App Store’s free list in China showed that DeepSeek had reached the top spot. At the same time, DeepSeek soared from sixth place to first place on the…