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The Nation Speaks (Jan. 30): Critical Race Theory: Lawsuits & Canceling Lincoln; Biden’s Immigration Woes
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we take a look at a Catholic school lawsuit; the cancellation of Abraham Lincoln; and what all this has in common with China. ...
January 30, 2021
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Cindy Drukier
Chinese City Launches, Then Cancels App to Rank Citizens’ Level of Civility Amid Backlash
China’s social credit system has often been criticized for utilizing artificial intelligence to conduct mass surveillance and assign ...
September 13, 2020
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Alex Wu
China Implements ‘Civilization Code’ to Expand Control; GOP and Dems Explain US-China Policy
The local government of China’s Jiangsu Province has launched a new social control system that combines the health ...
September 8, 2020
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Joshua Philipp
Coronavirus: Why We Can’t Trust the Chinese Regime’s Data
In this episode of The China Report we speak with Dana Cheng, senior editor of China News at ...
January 30, 2020
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Joshua Philipp
25 Senators Press for Probe Into China’s Corporate Ranking System
A group of 25 senators is urging the U.S. administration to launch a probe into China’s corporate social ...
December 3, 2019
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Eva Fu
Hong Kong School Launches Scoring System for Students, Raising Fears of an Impending Social Credit System
A secondary school in Hong Kong has launched a “credit” system similar to those in mainland China that ...
September 9, 2019
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Nicole Hao
China’s Corporate Social Credit System Could Spell ‘Life or Death’ for Foreign Companies: Report
The Chinese regime plans to fully roll out its corporate social credit system in 2020, whereby all firms ...
August 28, 2019
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Nicole Hao
Silicon Valley Matches China in Thought Control
Commentary Silicon Valley has long had a romance with China. Much of this was, and is, motivated by ...
August 28, 2019
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Roger L. Simon
European Business Group Issues Wake-up Call on China’s Corporate ‘Social Credit’ Plan
BEIJING—The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well underway and accelerating, a European business lobby ...
August 28, 2019
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Reuters
China Plans to Implement Credit System in Hong Kong, Macau
China plans to impose a form of its social credit system in Hong Kong, according to recently announced ...
July 9, 2019
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Frank Fang
Why China Is Using a Boy Band to Promote Orwellian Surveillance
News Analysis The Chinese regime released a music video to promote its Social Credit System, which monitors all ...
May 14, 2019
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Joshua Philipp
Chinese Bid for Washington Metro Contracts Is a Major Security Threat
News Analysis A Chinese state-owned company is bidding for a more than $500 million contract to supply rail ...
May 9, 2019
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Joshua Philipp
China Has a Database on Americans, Built From Stolen Data
Commentary Recent comments from Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) support what The Epoch Times reported more than three years ...
April 11, 2019
BY
Joshua Philipp
China Bars Millions From Travel for ‘Social Credit’ Offenses
BEIJING—Forgot to pay a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket. Would-be air travelers were ...
February 22, 2019
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The Associated Press
China Launches App That Tells Users If They Are Within 500 Yards of Someone in Debt
China has launched an app that notifies its users if there is someone in debt within 500 yards ...
January 23, 2019
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Elizabeth Li
Beijing Pioneering Citizens’ ‘Points’ System Critics Brand ‘Orwellian’
BEIJING—Beijing's municipal government will assign citizens and firms "personal trustworthiness points" by 2021, state media reported on Nov. ...
November 20, 2018
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Reuters
When Technology Meets Tyranny
Back in May 2014, Stephen Hawking, along with several other scientists, warned the world: “Success in creating AI ...
November 17, 2018
BY
Peter Zhang
Millions of Chinese Cannot Travel by Air or Train Under China’s Social Credit System
China’s push to implement a nationwide social credit system by 2020 is on full throttle as millions have ...
May 21, 2018
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Frank Fang
6 Chinese Spy Programs That Are Worse Than ‘Big Brother’ in Orwell’s ‘1984’
In his 1949 book, "1984," George Orwell warned of a dystopian future where the authoritarian "Big Brother" regime ...
March 10, 2016
BY
Joshua Philipp
China Uncensored: China Creates Big Brother Rating System for Every Chinese Citizen
Repression is being taken into the digital age, thanks to the implementation of what's being called, the Social ...
May 6, 2015
BY
Chris Chappell
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