"Rule of Trust": The power and perils of China's social credit megaproject

• Main Authors: CHEN, Yu-Jie, LIN, Ching-Fu, LIU, Han-wei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Science and Technology Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4420; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6378/viewcontent/ckoh__1.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Emerging as a comprehensive and aggressive governance scheme in China, the “Social Credit System” (SCS) seeks to promote the norms of “trust” in the Chinese society by rewarding behavior that is considered “trust-keeping” and punishing those considered “trust-breaking.” This Article closely examines...