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from the Sixth Tone Soldiers Put on Social Credit Blacklist for Leaving Service Seventeen servicemen in Jilin have been barred from planes and trains, among other penalties. http://image5.sixthtone.com/image/5/9/430.jpg
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So, the jealous ex is at it again... My wife is formally on China’s blacklist, or those that are forbidden to buy anything extravagant or travel. She tried to buy tickets for a family trip to another city and was denied because she was trying to buy good tickets. Her ex went to the court to say she wasn’t paying him per their divorce agreement (she had) and then saying she denied him access to his daughter (she hadn’t). She’s been to 2 different judges on 5 occasions and each time they say they will take her off, but nothing seems to happen. A question- is this something to be concerned about for a spouse visa application? Would they deny her in the consulate? Anyone else have issues with the blacklist? She’s obviously upset, and I’m concerned and frustrated. I don’t understand how he can lie to the court without being in trouble himself, but then again there is a lot that happens there I’ll never understand. -
China's chilling plan to use social credit ratings to keep score on its citizens http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/opinions/china-social-credit-score-creemers/index.html Okay, so the writers do not write the headlines, but this article is a great (and rare) example of balanced thinking and writing. It could be spun - and will be - by people with an agenda. For sure, I am very glad I was born and live in the U.S.A. and love my privacy, though I know it is a recent and modern development. I don't do facebook, won't use google and regularly delete any tracking cookies I get other than from websites I log into. This article, written by a Brit, explains the goal of the massive tracking system the government will do in China in order to track everybody, profile them, and score their social fitness. The writer calmly discusses how this is a Chinese solution for Chinese society, we may not like it, but it is actually consistent with their Confucian attitudes and values. Secondly, he points out that it is (eerily?) similar to google and stops there. If we don't agree or question our attitudes at that point, he does not have to deal with it. I brought home a new (gifted) Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (pretty cool!) but can not use it because: too much is still in Chinese after changing the language to English and the google app store is not loaded. In fact, seems like every app I might want to use reaches back to Baidu to help me. I don't like that, whether it is google or Baidu. So, I will root it and re-flash the ROM with something more universal and less intrusive.
