“Beijing vowing to retaliate ‘forcefully’ against President Donald Trump’s vow to slap duties on another $200 billion in Chinese imports.”
“China trails only the U.S. in the number of millionaires and billionaires. Globally, the ranks of the ultra-rich are expected to reach 671,000 by 2022.”
“Tsinghua’s rapid plant construction threatens to flood the semiconductor market and sink prices, following a pattern set by Chinese makers of liquid crystal displays, solar panels and other commoditized technologies.”
“Officials reportedly claim the move will increase security and potentially reduce congestion.”
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/13/china-cars-rfid-monitoring-surveillance/
“‘Law-abiding people’ must fear state surveillance because it makes it more more likely that they will become non-law-abiding without any change in their behavior.”
Read more: http://www.econlib.org/archives/2018/06/why_the_surveil.html
“The system includes mandatory facial-recognition scans at gas stations and Wi-Fi sniffers that secretly collect data from network devices. Over the past two years, the technology has helped authorities round up an estimated hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other Muslims and lock them up in clandestine camps that China calls ‘re-education centers.'”
“Despite condemnations from China, the US continues to sell advanced weapons to the island under the Taiwan Relations Act for its self-defense against a much bigger Chinese military.”
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/asia/us-taiwan-de-facto-embassy-china-intl/index.html
“Germany’s federal network agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, has announced a ban on the sale of children’s smartwatches because some models come with a remote listening capability, which counts as a spying device under German law. The same agency banned the sale of the talking doll Cayla and similarly told parents to destroy the toy after deeming it a spying device.”
“China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs said it requires social organizations to include Party building in their charters to ensure their correct political direction.”
Read more: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1102406.shtml
“Here are some lesser-known examples of the social credit system’s real-life applications, from hospitals to K-pop.”
Read more: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit
