China has been prioritizing eco-environmental progress and pursuing green development under the guidance of Xi Jinping thought on eco-civilization. A new pattern of biodiversity conservation has largely taken shape, with improvements t...
Against this backdrop, there has been much discussion in the United States about theproposed social scoring systemin China. Planning documents regarding this system, which would provide each Chinesecitizenwith a ‘social credit’ score, were released over a decade ago. At that point, concernsabout...
“When we get to that point, then there really isn’t much privacy or individual freedom or rights left,” Tsang told The New Economy. For businesses, the system could be particularly dangerous as, under current plans, the government makes no distinction between domestic firms and international...
3. One reason for the rapid development of China’s high-speed railway is that, building on the technologies that have been learned from abroad, China has developed, through innovation, an advanced high-speed railway technology system with independent intellectual property rights. 4. A number of ...
The city launched its “Qianjiang points” system through a Hangzhou app in November 2018, with plans for benefits such as fitness centers and parking reservations, according to a government announcement. The 1,000-point system is divided into five levels and applies to individuals at least 18 ...
Introduced 60 years ago, a hukou is a key identification document for Chinese citizens and an important administrative tool for the government to monitor its population. Some have criticized the hukou system, stating that it prevents the free flow of labor, creates idle capacity, and results in ...
Jiang Maifang, 77, recently started a new job. Living in a residential community in Jiading District of Shanghai, she signed up to be a volunteer at a waste collection point as soon as her neighborhood began implementing the garbage sorting system last October. ...
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We have stood at a new historical starting point and embarkedon a new journey in achieving the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Lookingahead to the new era, China's youth are embracing precious opportunities torealize th...
“for the people” dimension of Lincoln’s democracy legitimacy troika is known in Chinese as minxiang, which if translated back into English stands for the government that is “enjoyed by the people”. In other words, it emphasizes the outputs of a political system that citizens perceived as...