Rumor has had it that there is a social credit system in China, and now this report reveals one part of it, which I believe is also just one small piece in the

Rumor has had it that there is a social credit system in China, and now this report reveals one part of it, which I believe is also just one small piece in the whole mass surveillance puzzle. As a Taiwanese, I don't know how the system works, nor can I feel the same as what Chinese citizens under that surveillance feel. However I can certainly say that, there must be an another part of the system that monitors "political activists" against CCP. Let's call this part as X below. Once you are in the blacklist of X due to reasons like criticizing Chinese government, you loses some rights implicitly, and the worst part is that X applies even if you are not a Chinese citizen. I have two examples here: 1. Taiwanese rights advocate Lee Ming-che held in China https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39428220 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39428220 Lee has been in prison since 29 March 2017, because he "ruined Nation Security." He was retained for months before he had a trial. 2. [Documentary] Self-censorship by Kevin H.J. Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpHFVZX2TuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpHFVZX2TuA He criticized CCP and then he could not obtain a visa to even Hong Kong. In this documentary, many instances of such censorship are mentioned, and you can see how the atmosphere is under such surveillance.