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Social Credit: Orwellian Nightmare, or “Crude Tool”?

China’s emerging social credit system has attracted an exceptional level of attention and media coverage. According to Leiden University’s Rogier Creemers, however, "most – if not all – mainstream reporting on it contains major factual mistakes." Last week, Creemers attempted to clarify the system’s inspirations, operation, and possible evolution in a new paper, "China’s Social Credit System: An Evolving