This is not marginaliation of minorities, China’s New “Ethnic Unity Law” Codifies Genocide.
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Let's hope for April 12.
Watch the documentary. The state observes any move you make.
Dude, each single app she has on her phone is from a private company. The state doesn't even have an app, and it doesn't need one.
To paraphrase what the documentary says: The private companies are creating the apps, but the Chinese party-state makes the recipes. And the state has access to every single piece of information. The state decides what happens with the data, and what 'features' are added. The party gets what it wants.
That's what the documentary explains explicitly.
It's an Orwellian nightmare.
Watch the documentary. Each individual gets a score, and this score changes depending on your behaviour and the everyday decision you make - what you drink you buy, what food you eat. Whatever the party deems as desired or undesired behaviour, the score is increased or decreased.
It depends how people are asked imo. Most such surveys are done on Chinese social media or in similar surveys where individual answers can be tracked. According to polls done in China, the vast majority of citizens also agree that China is a good democracy and that they trust their government.
But what else would people say? Openly disagreeing with the government can put you in big trouble in China. It's basically a choice between being supportive of what the government does or risking to simply disappear.
the social credit score as it is imagined by westerners with AIs tracking your every move to make a number go up or down that determines your standing in society is fiction.
No, it isn't fiction. It is real.
Every Chinese citizen gets a score, to which points are added or deducted depending on individual everyday actions.
The system rewards citizens based on their accumulated "score," which basically reflects their alignment with state-approved values. A high score grants valuable incentives and preferential access to public services. For example, citizens with good credit may be exempt from paying deposits when using public hospitals or libraries, receive discounts on public transportation, and benefit from streamlined processes for certain international visas. Conversely, acts like running a red light or jaywalking can result in public shaming and a loss of points.
Based on this social credit system, the Chinese population is divided into 4 classes of citizens.
There is a documentary by a French journalist and his (Chinese) wife who were living in China's capital Beijing. The documentary has been made in 2023, but there is an edited version from 2025 (I watched the film back in 2023 and also the 2025 version; as far as I remember, the 2025 edits reflect the role of AI in the system).
Here is a YT link: Life Under China’s Social Credit System: A Dystopian Reality?
Here an alternative Invidious link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=p19nYrjZ1dQ
The documentary lasts 52 minutes.
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They have to. China's economy (and likely the government?) would be facing even more severe trouble without extensive export growth. Foreign markets are the country's only lifeline after a decade of so of failed economic policy. The world is waking up only slowly, but at least supply chain diversification is underway.
It all depends what Ukraine gets in return I would say.
That was my first thought, too. But as the article also says,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said that Ukraine is ready to help protect Gulf countries from the Iranian regime, but is asking them to help Ukraine in return.
If all sides are willing, they will find a way I hope.
The linked reports name a range of thinkers from whom Peter will draw inspiration, including René Girard, Francis Bacon, Jonathan Swift, Carl Schmitt, and John Henry Newman. This may be true, but Thiel's allegedly most important and very early inspiration comes from Ayn Rand, a 20th century Russian immigrant to the US, whose philospophy strongly resonates with with many other tech moguls in Silicon Valley.
Interestingly and a bit contrary to Thiel's speeches, Rand rejected faith and religion at all, as well as state interventionism. She supported a sort of laissez-faire system based individual rights, notably private property rights. Today, Rand is often associated with the libertarian movement in the U.S.