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Communist China’s Social Credit System Is Being Copied Everywhere

Communist China’s Social Credit System Is Being Copied Everywhere
A staff member walks inside a makeshift hospital that will be used for COVID-19 patients in eastern China’s Shanghai on April 7, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hell-bent on achieving a modern version of the surveillance state portrayed in George Orwell’s masterpiece “1984“ that enables state control over business enterprises, the media, other institutions, and individuals through round-the-clock monitoring of the activities of Chinese citizens.
Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
Author
Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
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