Why the West is wrong about China's Social Credit System

That's a side effect of rapid industrialisation, and the West effectively exporting their industries to China in order to look less polluting while still importing the products and causing the pollution.

Industrialisation never occurred in any nation without an initial surge of pollution. Despite this, China has made great strides in reducing its carbon footprint.

China at the very least now admits that AGW is real and has taken steps toward massively reducing their carbon emissions and becoming a world leader in green technologies while Trump continually refuses to get with the programme.

yes those new coal powerplants in China and the toxic elements being dropped into our seas certainly is a massive step.

tbh they are China's own seas and they can pollute them any way they wish

Despite the Trump administration's attempts to portray China as an authoritarian state, and Western media's dedication to fall in line behind every American attempt to 'spread democracy' to the East, it may not be the Orwellian apparatus that we have been told to believe it is.

First, using the phrase “social credit system” for this massive social engineering effort is misleading. We typically associate “credit score” with a credit bureau’s assessment of one’s record of repaying debt. When extending this thinking to social spheres, it is easy to conjure an image of a single credit authority assigning scores to all aspects of one’s social and personal life. However, there is a great deal of confusion and uncertainty on the future direction of this massive social governance project. In a 2014 document, the Chinese government outlined its vision for such a system and noted that it involved four distinct segments: a government trust system, a commercial credit system, a social trust system and a judicial trust system. What drives this gargantuan project is an effort to build a culture of trust in Chinese society. Given this broad aim, a more appropriate term to describe the initiative is a “social trust system.” And trust is a good thing.

Indeed, the social trust system is intended to curb official corruption, tackle official dereliction and improve efficiency in enforcing court decisions, as well as punish unethical behaviors of professionals such as lawyers, doctors and teachers.

Restrictions like these, however, are meant to apply only to people who have defaulted on penalty payments or who have refused to comply with court decisions. Such penalties are meted out according to Supreme Court regulations — that is to say, no private scoring company or government agency (besides law enforcement institutions) are able to hand out such penalties.

Western reports on China’s social trust system sidestep the reality that there are different cultural expectations of the government in China than in other countries. China’s governance tradition of promoting good moral behavior goes back thousands of years. In recent decades, as the economy took off and people’s living standards improved dramatically, fraud and technology-enabled economic crimes proliferated as well. Given all these problems, a system that bolsters trust is seen by many Chinese citizens as necessary.

Social governance in the digital age is a global challenge. Rather than instantly dismissing China’s unconventional governance innovations, we need an open-minded discussion of the pros and cons — one that is sensitive to the challenges and priorities of different cultural and political contexts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/11/29/social-credit/

I used to be critical of China, but maybe I was wrong. China is often portrayed in Western media as an evil power, but the so-called 'leader of the free world' elected Trump, sooo... yeah. Maybe it is time to rethink what we believe.

yes those new coal powerplants in China and the toxic elements being dropped into our seas certainly is a massive step.

Well it is nice to see that this crazy leftist is now calling for Stalin (or Mao) like terror so we can see the true colours of the vile socialist.

It is very laughable to see them try and defend China but also just as despicable as defending Nazi Germany, I hope the Chinese people rise up an destroy the corrupt government.

Building coal plants is not the same thing as using coal plants. Consumption of coal in China has been dropping significantly year on year for some time now. And yes China is a total shite when it comes to the oceans.

That's a side effect of rapid industrialisation, and the West effectively exporting their industries to China in order to look less polluting while still importing the products and causing the pollution.

Industrialisation never occurred in any nation without an initial surge of pollution. Despite this, China has made great strides in reducing its carbon footprint.

Trust a remoaner to try and sell the Chinese slave system... do you have no shame?

tbh they are China's own seas and they can pollute them any way they wish

Well it is nice to see that this crazy leftist is now calling for Stalin (or Mao) like terror so we can see the true colours of the vile socialist.

It is very laughable to see them try and defend China but also just as despicable as defending Nazi Germany, I hope the Chinese people rise up an destroy the corrupt government.

Trust a remoaner to try and sell the Chinese slave system... do you have no shame?

I suspect if they did, even more , millions would die