China’s Social Credit System

People choose lotus buds at a flower stall in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on July 14, 2023. The 31st FISU Summer World University Games is scheduled to take place in Chengdu from July 28 to August 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Tang Wenhao) Visitors walk past the signboards of a gourmet…

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border. On the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Wang told Indian External…

RAWALPINDI: Convener for the Parliamentary Task Force on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Special Assistant to Prime Minister Romina Khurshid Alam said Pakistan’s commitment to achieve the SDGs will be fulfilled at all costs. She said the SDGs secretariat will take lead in learning from China to address multiple challenges…

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) and Uzbekistan-based ADM Automotive have recently entered into a strategic cooperation agreement, demonstrating their shared commitment to penetrate the Uzbekistan market. A key aspect of this collaboration is the local production of GWM vehicles at ADM’s Uzbekistan facility. They have an ambitious objective to…

From China’s demand for durian to girl group Blackpink facing outrage in Vietnam, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting...Read More

Author of the article: The Associated Press Zen Soo Published Jul 13, 2023  •  Last updated 44 minutes ago  •  2 minute read HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports tumbled 12.4% in June from a year earlier as demand weakened after central banks raised interest rates to curb inflation even as…

Highlights While investors continued to respond to the overnight US CPI Report, the Asian economic calendar drew interest this morning. China trade data delivered another gloomy picture of the Chinese economy. The latest report from China will pressure Beijing to deliver a meaningful stimulus package. It was a relatively busy…

ADVERTISEMENT Considerable but unsustainable water supply from thawing permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau in a changing climate by Staff Writers Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 12, 2023 This study is led by Dr. Taihua Wang and Dr. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University), together with experts in the field of both permafrost and…

Imaginechina Customers explore literary treasures at the Fudan Used Bookstore on Weide Road. Bookshop streets worldwide struggle in the era of digital reading, but the brick-and-mortar literary scene remains vibrant on one backstreet in Yangpu District. Weide Road, a quaint offshoot near busy Daxue Road, has evolved into a thriving…

China’s economic authorities have a problem. They are confronted with the threat of deflation and the prospect of “Japanification”, or the decades of economic stagnation from which Japan is only just emerging. This week’s inflation data showed consumer price inflation at zero last month and factory gate prices falling 5.4…