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College Rejection Threat Highlights Social Credit

The future development of China’s emerging Social Credit System has been the subject of much speculation, but has already had tangible consequences for millions of people blacklisted from spending on luxury goods, travel, and education. Notable past cases include those of journalist Liu Hu, lawyer Li Xialin, and tech mogul Jia Yueting. At Buzzfeed, Megha Rajagopalan and William Yang describe another recent case of social credit blacklisting that grabbed widespread