China’s Social Credit System Punishes Low-Score Parents by Limiting What Schools Their Children Attend

Senior high school students studying at night at a high school in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu Province, on May 24, 2016. STR/AFP/Getty Images

China’s “social credit system,” reminiscent of a dystopian nightmare, has invaded yet another level of Chinese citizens’ lives: determining where their children can go to school.

In 2014, the Chinese regime first rolled out plans to create a social credit system, which ranks each citizen based on their levels of trustworthiness and compliance with the regime’s rules.