China’s “Social Credit Score System” – Fact or Fiction? The New Atlas
Wed 9:48 am +01:00, 2 Nov 2022Western government & the Western media have deliberately lied about China operating a central “social credit score” system driven by political and ideological criteria.
However the same Western sources admit upon further examination that this is a myth, that no such system exists, and the multitude of systems China does use are for tracking and punishing what would be considered serious offenses anywhere.
References:
Business Insider – China’s ‘social credit’ system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy: https://www.businessinsider.com/china…
WIRED – The complicated truth about China’s social credit system: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china…
Guardian – China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of ‘social credit’ system: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201…
SCMP – What is China’s social credit system and why is it controversial?: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-ec…
ASPI – Sponsors: https://www.aspi.org.au/sponsors
ASPI – Funding: https://www.aspi.org.au/about-aspi/fu…
Foreign Policy – China’s Social Credit System Is Actually Quite Boring: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/15/…
Foreign Policy – China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/…
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