Social credit system

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Antonia Hmaidi – the multi-talent
Her career as a China expert begins with a kung fu course. Antonia Hmaidi is just fifteen years old, but already earned her high school diploma in Schwaebisch-Hall. The highly gifted student has skipped four grades. She doesn’t want to study yet. Despite her rapid school career, she has had enough of numbers and letters […] continue reading →
Lack of trust in the social credit system
Two years after its gradual introduction, the social credit system for companies in China continues to pose a long list of concerns and inconsistencies for German companies. This was the verdict of an event on Thursday morning in the Global China Conversations series of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). continue reading →
Social credit system: China’s digital control could find imitators around the world
The impact of the social credit system for companies is often underestimated. Yet, it provides concrete data on the potential reliability of business partners. By also covering local German companies, it increasingly has an impact beyond the country's borders. continue reading →
Increasing regulation creates parallel worlds
"China Strategy 2022: Who is still allowed to operate freely on the Chinese market? And at what price? Beijing is currently not only cracking down on the tech sector with more regulation. European companies are facing various hurdles as a result. continue reading →
German companies are social credit role models
China's social credit system poses major challenges for companies. Anyone who makes mistakes can end up on a "blacklist". Stigmatization and punishments could follow. But German companies are proving to be model students. continue reading →
EU and USA: Tighter control of tech transfers
The EU and the US want to tighten controls on the transfer of technologies to China. Brussels and Washington plan closer cooperation on security and technology policy issues. Together, the partners want to prevent high-tech products from endangering human rights, according to a draft final declaration of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The […] continue reading →
The Unification of the social credit systems is approaching
China is lagging behind its original schedule in introducing a nationwide social credit system. The system consists of scattered field trials that mainly regulate the economic exchange of companies. Currently, political control of individuals is not the focus, but that may change quite quickly as of now. The population is welcoming the introduction rather than criticizing it. continue reading →
“China is becoming more powerful, but the CCP is going through nightmares”
In a few days, the Chinese Communist Party will celebrate its centenary. In an interview, sinologist Klaus Mühlhahn explains the success story, which for a long time was not a success – and its effects up to the present day: historical ruptures continue to determine the actions of the leadership around Xi Jinping. Michael Radunski spoke with Mühlhahn. continue reading →