Chinese Regime’s Social Credit System Aims to Foster Political Obedience Among Young Citizens

People check on travel packages offered by travel agencies during the Guangzhou International Travel Fair in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province on March 3, 2018. Travelers in China were blocked from buying plane tickets 17.5 million times in 2018 as a penalty for failing to pay fines or other offenses, the Chinese regime reported this week on penalties imposed under a controversial "social credit" system. Chinatopix via AP

In the latest move to implement a social credit system across mainland China, Chinese authorities recently launched a credit rating app targeting China’s 460 million adults aged 18 to 45. According to this scheme, those who earn the highest credit scores enjoy greater access to training and employment benefits, while those with low scores encounter restrictions even in day-to-day life.

Observers say that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to use technology to build a unique form of totalitarianism that has never existed in the past.