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In China, Your Credit Score Is Affected By Your Political Opinions &Your Friends' Political Opinions

by Joe Mobley
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But this credit score isn't just affected by how well you manage credit - it also reflects how well your political opinions are in line with Chinese official opinions, and whether your friends' are, too.
Anybody can check anybody's credit score using the site Credit China, which again helps people disconnect from people who significantly draw down your own credit score: they're listed as such. All 869,582 of them.
Things that will make your score deteriorate include posting political opinions without prior permission, talking about or describing a different history than the official one, or even publishing accurate up-to-date news from the Shanghai stock market collapse (which was and is embarrassing to the Chinese regime).

But the kicker is that if any of your friends do this -- publish opinions without prior permission, or report accurate but embarrassing news -- your score will also deteriorate. And this will have a direct impact on your quality of life.
"Sesame Credit, however, also uses other data to calculate the scores, such as a person's hobbies, interaction with friends, shopping habits and lifestyle."
-- Quote from China Daily Asia

A very interesting read.

In China, credit score is now affected by friends' activism



Joe Mobley
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    So, if at the last election you voted for the Communist Party you get a good credit rating. However if you voted for the Communist Party, you get a bad credit rating.

    Makes sense to me.




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