{"id":9472,"date":"2018-12-09T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=9472"},"modified":"2019-03-05T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:00:23","slug":"the-danielle-metz-show-039-the-china-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/9472","title":{"rendered":"DMS 039 &#8211; The China syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DMS-039-Chinese-Social-Credit-System-168x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9473\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/DMS\/DMS-039-181209-The-China-Syndrome.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Expected to be fully implemented by 2020, <strong>China\u2019s compulsory \u2018social credit\u2019 system<\/strong> has been promoted to sound a lot like a normal market economic credit rating system.<\/p>\n<p>Says Chong Jiyah, manager of Alipay: \u201cOnce a person has a score, all their credit behavior in life is recorded and can be evaluated by that number.  Our goal is to ensure that if people keep their promises, they can go anywhere in the world and if people break their promises, they won\u2019t be able to move an inch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Social Credit score\u2019 <strong>is based on five factors:<\/strong>  (1) credit history, (2) fulfillment capacity, (3) personal characteristics (phone, address), (4) behavior and preference (purchases made and associated characteristics with those purchases, and (5) interpersonal relationships (those you associate with).<\/p>\n<p>Only the first two appear directly related to financial \u2018credit\u2019 behavior or to \u2018keeping promises,\u2019 while the rest look more like a social media profile intended for marketing\/information gathering.  Unfortunately, this profile is compulsory, one shaped not only by a citizen\u2019s actions, but also by the actions of those with whom he\/she associates.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Various \u2018credit\u2019 systems are already \u2018naturally\u2019 in place in the freer economies, notes Robert \u2013 systems that effectively accomplish the same stated end: evaluating credit behavior as a record of one\u2019s \u2018kept promises\u2019.  However, warns Danielle, this is not just an economic record and profile, but a &#8216;social value&#8217; profile \u2013 one being monitored and enforced by China\u2019s Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s compulsory credit system appears to be about far more than ensuring \u2018people keep their promises.\u2019 <strong>When viewed Just Right, China\u2019s \u2018social credit system\u2019 looks more like a Political credit system created to ensure its people keep the State\u2019s Promises.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expected to be fully implemented by 2020, China\u2019s compulsory \u2018social credit\u2019 system has been promoted to sound a lot like a normal market economic credit rating system. Says Chong Jiyah, manager of Alipay: \u201cOnce a person has a score, all their credit behavior in life is recorded and can be evaluated by that number. 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