- there are multiple documents about the social credit system, not just from the tax bureau
- people have definitely been banned from high speed rail
- two official docs from NDRC confirm this
(I haven't received links to the docs yet, but will reply to this comment when I do)
http://www.ndrc.gov.cn/zcfb/zcfbtz/201803/t20180316_879618.h...
http://www.ndrc.gov.cn/gzdt/201803/t20180316_879653.html
I've updated the links in my post as well.
It would have saved me and them the trouble if Reuters actually provided the sources.
If we want them to do this, we need to start telling them. To anyone interested in seeing Reuters start including links to sources, a good first step is to email:
He handles enquiries about reporting standards.
EDIT: removed first paragraph, which I pasted in error from a chat message.
I've edited my comment and removed that part.
To clarify, I intended to write about this in this post initially, but somehow got carried away by the original document, so it ended up being just a walk through of the original document without the new additions and measures.
I think it does make sense to add additional information like this to the post to make it more complete and up-to-date.
Update:
found the original source (in Chinese) in case anyone is interested: http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n810341/n810755/c3359637/content....
2nd Update:
It appears that Reuters made a mistake in their reporting, the ban is only for planes, not trains, according to the official document I linked above.
If anyone knows to get Reuters to correct its article, please let me know!