China Tech Talk

86: China's social credit system: Everything you know is wrong with Kendra Schaefer

Episode Summary

China's social credit system (SCS) gets a lot of attention outside of China yet it's still very misunderstood. Many scholars and China watchers have shed light on the topic, but none have done it so concisely and accessibly as Kendra Schaefer and her team at Trivium China. She joins us this week to explain how the SCS is a broad framework for better regulation and enforcement and how it applies to companies, individuals, and government agencies.

Episode Notes

China's social credit system (SCS) gets a lot of attention outside of China yet it's still very misunderstood. Many scholars and China watchers have shed light on the topic, but none have done it so concisely and accessibly as Kendra Schaefer and her team at Trivium China. She joins us this week to explain how the SCS is a broad framework for better regulation and enforcement and how it applies to companies, individuals, and government agencies.

Key questions

• What is the purpose of the SCS? How far along is its development?
• Is the SCS only for individuals?
• How does the SCS apply to companies?
• How are China's cities gamifying SCS?

Links

• 77: Peer-to-peer lending in China—Tech-driven shadow banking with Andrew Polk
• The apps using social credit in China
• Executive Summary: UNDERSTANDING CHINA’S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM
• China's Social Credit System: An Evolving Practice of Control
• Keeping track of social credit
• EUROPEAN CHAMBER REPORT ON CHINA’S CORPORATE SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM A WAKE-UP CALL FOR EUROPEAN BUSINESS IN CHINA
• Become a member of TechNode Squared

Guest

• Kendra Shaefer, @triviumchina

Hosts

• John Artman, @knowsnothing, TechNode
• Matthew Brennan, @mbrennanchina, ChinaChannel

Editor

• Peter Isachenko

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