China’s Social Credit System: the black market and inequalities


by Gulizar Haciyakupoglu and Wu Shang-Su



The Social Credit System (SCS), China’s score-based system that aspires to instil trust in society, is being tested in pilot cities before its nation-wide implementation.
While the SCS attempts to construct a trust-bonded society within the parameters of Party-defined “trust” and “morality”, it arrives with undercurrents.
How will it change social dynamics, especially with regards to new form of inequalities that it may bring?
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https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-social-credit-system-black-market-and-inequalities
Citation:
Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, and Wu Shang-Su, “Haciyakupoglu, G. and Wu Shang-Su. “China’s Social Credit System: the black market and inequalities.” The Interpreter, Lowy Institute, March 18, 2019.”, The Interpreter, 18 March 2019
Existing inequality and social hierarchy in China may obscure the potentially damaging consequences of the Social Credit System (Photo: John Salvino/ Unsplash)

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