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by alanwong 8y ago
Fair enough.
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by alanwong 8y ago
No, I didn’t refer to your citing of my previous submissions as a personal attack. I referred to a different part of your comment, since deleted. Anyway, this exchange doesn’t add any value to the discussion. Have a nice and peaceful day.
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by alanwong 8y ago
You're making a personal attack and a false statement. How can this, for example, be considered "China bashing"? > China, undisputed king of electric transport (inkstonenews.com)
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by alanwong 8y ago
"The dystopic social credit system that people are afraid of" doesn't exist yet.
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by alanwong 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I had intended the styling for emphasis, but I can imagine how it might not communicate well with some people. My refutations are based on clearly worded, non-ambiguous official documents characterizing court ordere
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by alanwong 8y ago
Thanks for this. Alarmist reports of a Black Mirror style social credit system in China have really distorted many people's understanding of the reality of the system, which, to begin with, isn't just one thing.
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by alanwong 8y ago
The point is, as demonstrated in the article, high speed train isn’t always a luxury. And the punishment can have the opposite effect of making people to pay their debts.
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by alanwong 8y ago
Debt-related blacklists have been around before China's cabinet announced its intention to set up a nation-wide social credit system by 2020, but they ARE part of the social credit system. They're not exclusionary.
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by alanwong 8y ago
I'm sorry you felt that way. I'm an editor of the website. What pop-up banners did you see? Would love to improve the UX for you and other readers here.
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by alanwong 8y ago
There is no nationwide social credit score system, and there's certainly no large-scale effort to score people based on their political and religious activity as part of China's social credit system. For more informed and nuance
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by alanwong 8y ago
OP and Inkstone editor here. I think you raised a really, really interesting point. One thing I think many people overlook in China's social credit system is its stated goal – to create a system that rewards good behavior and punishes
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by alanwong 8y ago
Inkstone editor and OP here. This IS China's social credit system. Lists of discredited people, often published by Chinese courts, are the primary mechanism by which punishment is meted out.
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by alanwong 8y ago
OP and Inkstone editor here. The slow train certainly isn't a deadbeat caravan, and I don't think the article suggests that. But it is unusual for a businessman to take this train instead of the high-speed options.
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by alanwong 8y ago
OP and Inkstone editor here. You're right. As scary as it may sound, there's no nation-wide social credit SCORE system in China. Right now blacklists run by the Supreme Court and other government organs make up the bulk of the s
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Life on the wrong side of China’s social credit system(inkstonenews.com)
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Thousands of shared electric cars seen discarded in Hangzhou(abacusnews.com)
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Boeing 737 Max Hit Trouble Right Away, Pilot’s Tense Radio Messages Show(nytimes.com)
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Data Becomes Cash Crop for Big Agriculture(bloomberg.com)
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Foxconn workers in China are lining up to quit their jobs(inkstonenews.com)
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Why a Formal End to North Korean Missile Testing Makes Sense(38north.org)
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Chinese AI tech tells police who you are by how you walk(inkstonenews.com)
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Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal to Planet Earth(nytimes.com)
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China’s Slick New Super-App Makes Propaganda a Game(inkstonenews.com)
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Google Maps Accidentally Exposes Taiwan’s Military Sites(inkstonenews.com)
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China’s slowing tech hiring(inkstonenews.com)
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by alanwong 8y ago
It's journalists' job to highlight what's noteworthy, and in an acquisition it's not always the valuation of a company. In this case, the price per share is headlined to highlight the premium (55%) Tesla is paying for Ma
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Didi driver sentenced to death(inkstonenews.com)
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China, undisputed king of electric transport(inkstonenews.com)
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Google Chrome wants to stop back-button hijacking(arstechnica.com)
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Why the world’s flight paths are such a mess(multimedia.scmp.com)
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