China’s Social Credit System

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When it comes to the escalating trade war with China, the most obvious historical analogy for the US launching an all-out economic assault on a rising military power in East Asia is not an encouraging one. Starting in 1940, the US, alarmed by Imperial Japan’s invasion of China and burgeoning…

JD.com’s food delivery arm plans to dramatically ramp up its workforce in the next three months as competition in China’s last-mile delivery sector intensifies. The online retailer has said it plans to recruit 100,000 full-time couriers in more than 130 cities, offering comprehensive employment benefits and guaranteed income. New hires…

Midea president bans performative overtime and excessive PPT use within the company. Credit: Midea Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer Midea will deploy self-developed humanoid robots next month at a washing machine factory in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, to support machine operations, equipment inspections, and material handling, the company has announced. Beginning in…

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry on Monday said President Xi Jinping had not spoken to Donald Trump recently, nor were their respective administrations trying to strike a tariff deal, contradicting the U.S. president's claim in an interview with Time magazine. "As far as I know, the two heads of state…

Back in the '50s Americans used to go to GM’s Motorama shows to get a glimpse of the future, gasping in awe at fully functional concept cars like the turbine-powered, titanium bodied Firebird III and exhibits that showed autonomous driving technologies. Fast forward seven decades and the world comes to…

Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, a fascinating marine reptile first identified in 2003, has been fully described for the first time thanks to newly uncovered fossils from southwestern China. The discovery, detailed in the journal Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, was made by an international team of…

Photo: Peter Nicholls (Getty Images) In This Story Apple ( AAPL -0.39% ) is reportedly preparing to shift all production for U.S.-sold iPhones from China to India by the end of 2026, according to The Financial Times — a major acceleration of the company’s supply chain diversification strategy that comes…

Home Green Marine PIL’s first 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel boxship named in China April 25, 2025, by Ajsa Habibic Singapore-based shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has held the naming ceremony for its first 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel containership. Courtesy of PIL The newbuild was named Kota Oasis at a ceremony…

Swiss artist Evelyn Schmocker builds tiny homes for "Wichtel," the German word for gnome. Every piece is placed by hand -- moss, twine, wood, and even glasses no bigger than a fingertip. To bring her ideas to life, she now sources many decorations from China. Read More