Social Credit System – Deadline 2020

On June 14, 2014, The State Council, the chief administrative authority of the Chinese government released an official document signifying the start of a 6 year development plan for a national social credit system. This document, titled the “Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System (2014-2020)” in...

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Hong Kong March Against New Extradition Law

On April 28, an estimated 130,000 people took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest against a proposed extradition law that could potentially allow the Chinese government easier access in extraditing people to China to face trial. This highly controversial law would in effect ratify formal extradition deals between...

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China Sinicization 2018: Year in Review

2018 was the start of a 5 year government plan in China to sinicize Christianity. The government’s ultimate objective for this plan is to sanitize Christianity in order to better reflect Chinese socialist views and culture. This sweeping tide of change came at the heel of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s...

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