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China's Big Social Experiment
FromThe Real Story
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50 minutes
Released:
Dec 14, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In 2014, the Chinese government issued a document aimed at increasing the amount of 'trust' in society. Today this emerging system is known as China's social credit system - like a credit score but tracking more than financial transactions. China's central government wants to have the system in place across China by 2020, using a range of information -- including shopping habits, driving fines and even what's written on social media -- to rate and rank individuals. People with poor scores could find themselves unable to get bank loans or buy plane tickets. Advocates claim that a system is necessary in a country where few people have credit ratings. But detractors see it as a kind of dystopic super-surveillance. Celia Hatton and a panel of expert guests weighs up the costs and benefits of social credit.
(Photo: A Chinese woman walks along the street holding a broom and dustpan. Credit: Getty Images)
(Photo: A Chinese woman walks along the street holding a broom and dustpan. Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Dec 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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