Posted on 03/18/2018 7:42:21 PM PDT by cba123
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.
People who would be put on the restricted lists included those found to have committed acts like spreading false information about terrorism and causing trouble on flights, as well as those who used expired tickets or smoked on trains, according to two statements issued on the National Development and Reform Commission’s website on Friday.
Those found to have committed financial wrongdoings, such as employers who failed to pay social insurance or people who have failed to pay fines, would also face these restrictions, said the statements which were dated March 2.
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A Netflix show...I believe the Chinese are trying to take over Netflix as well...
Eventually it will be expanded to hospitals, then grocery stores. Just watch.
I agree.
We’ve been waiting for a revolution for forty years to throw the communists in North Korea out. The people are too starved and beaten down under such cruel regimes, and sanctions don’t affect the dictator there who only starves the people and feeds the army.
Didn’t Netflix already have this episode?
Some young girl was punished, denied airlines tickets, a home mortgage and lots of other stuff for people unfriending her.
It was Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Nosedive episode.
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