China takes steps to implement digital ID initiative. News. Jul 30, 2024 4 mins. ... it would not be surprising if China launches the Digital ID by the end of 2024. ...

Workshops have been concluded on the digital ID wallet, bringing together experts and the public to forge a roadmap for the ...

In some ways it is surprising that China, a forceful surveillance state, did not roll out digital ID s earlier. Many ...

A legal expert in China warns that a national digital ID initiative could act as a way to monitor behaviour, comparing the draft plan to the health app introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

China has mastered the craft of policing the internet, operating one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes. With mandatory identity checks on every online platform, ...

China’s Proposed Nationwide Digital ID System Stokes Fears of Government Overreach. 3 minute read. Passengers use ID cards to get to Yantai Station on July 1, 2024. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images.

Last summer, the Chinese government released a proposal for a national internet ID system. The proposal was met with strong opposition, which was heavily censored online. (See CDT’s past coverage for ...

China's new national internet ID system, 'surveillance on steroids,' will track every click, post, and login, centralising ...

L IKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan ...

From the initiative’s beginning in 2013 until 2021, China disbursed roughly $679 billion to 165 countries to fund infrastructure projects.

In 2024, China’s trade volume with partner countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for over half of China’s total trade volume for the ...