The often misunderstood system is more of a “sprawling regulatory infrastructure" than a universal social score, one analyst ...

For example, in 2019, mixed martial arts fighter Xu Xiaodong made headlines when his social credit score was lowered “for insulting tai chi grandmaster Chen Xiaowang,” according to Quartz, which also ...

Chinese women show the scores of their Zhima Credit of Alibaba’s Ant Financial on their Apple iPhones in Hangzhou City on May 9, 2016.(AP / Imagechina) We were near the entrance of the No. 1 People’s ...

BEIJING (AP) — Skipped paying a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket. Would-be air travelers were blocked from buying tickets 17.5 million times last year for “social credit” ...

The threat of sanctions will be a strong motivation for companies to up their game to prevent IP infringement, according to industry experts Businesses in China are concerned that they will need to ...

Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of Chinese homebuyers have banded together and refused to continue paying mortgages on unfinished homes. Homebuyers in China frequently purchase “pre-sale” ...

Let’s start with a thought exercise. Imagine that you are the principal of a high school somewhere in middle America. As a result of a recent grant that was acquired by your district, your school has ...

(Reuters) - A high-ranking Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert on Wednesday defended the country's social credit score system, despite what he said were implementation issues. Other countries ...

The Chinese social credit system has been given an unequivocally negative reception by the media in the west. Set to be rolled out nationwide in 2020, the system has even... ‘If you’re a soldier in ...