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Re:Villages in China all connected to broadband internet ser... by CommanderData on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:47AM (#29759429)
Helps with instant surveillance and moving to a cashless society controlled with social credit points.

I wonder if solving the famine problem is as high up on their list.

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Re:Villages in China all connected to broadband internet ser... by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:14PM (#29828423)
People in China do not have social credit points.

The real "social credit system" bears almost no resemblance to the online meme.

Most people in China aren't even familiar with the system, because it's mostly used to regulate businesses.[0]

There's a funny video in which someone in Shanghai went out and asked random people on the street about their "social credit score." Most of them thought they were being asked about their financial credit scores.[1]

0. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/15/china-social-credit-sys...

1. https://youtu.be/nGhOssPumUU

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Re:Villages in China all connected to broadband internet ser... by eunos on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:05PM (#29870114)
Funny you talked about Famine when China is accused of hoarding grains https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/China-hoards-ove...

Not to mention that China is short of purchasing Agricultural products from trade deal.

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