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China’s new social credit system is still young and disunified, but the government’s plans for a ‘black mirror’-style system of numerical social credit is developing fast. Too low a score or too much debt could mean being barred from travel on planes or trains. High enough and you get discounts on hotels or better rates on a loan. This video is a deep dive into what we know so far about China’s Social Credit Score. In a previous video, I examined how China controls the internet, and this seems like the perfect sequel. Enjoy!

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1. 1984. George Orwell. 1949.
2. Millions in China with bad 'social credit' barred from buying plane, train tickets. Channel News Asia.
3. China 'social credit': Beijing sets up huge system. BBC.
4. Group Farming and Work Incentives in Collective-Era China. Putterman, Louis for Modern China. 1988.
5. Social space and governance in urban China: the danwei system from origins to reform. David Bray. Book.
6. The Great Firewall of China: Background. Torfox.
7. Reassessing the Cultural Revolution. Pye, Lucian W. for The China Quarterly. 1986.
8. The Cultural Revolution in the Countryside: Scope, Timing and Human Impact. Walder, Andrew G. and Su, Yang for The China Quarterly. 2003.
9. The West may be wrong about China’s social credit system. The Washington Post.
10. Life Inside China’s Social Credit Laboratory. Foreign Policy.
11. China’s social credit system spreads to more daily transactions. Brookings.
12. China’s Social Credit System: AI-driven panopticon or fragmented foundation for a sincerity culture? Technode.
13. China Ranks Citizens with a Social Credit System - Here's What You Can Do Wrong and How You Can Be Punished. The Independent.
14. China’s Year in Scams. Sixth Tone.
15. China hit by financial scam 'epidemic.' BBC.
16. China’s Chilling ‘Social Credit’ Blacklist. Human Rights Watch.
17. China launches app encouraging users to identify and report ‘deadbeat’ debtors. The Independent.
18.More than 170,000 defaulters banned from senior management positions in China. The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China.
19. Spend “frivolously” and be penalized under China’s new social credit system. Vox.
20. Business Insider. “China reportedly made an app to show people…” Jan. 22, 2019

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