China’s social credit system has been criticized by Western critics for being an invasion of privacy, but new guidelines show how the social credit system would improve transparency and within China’s economy.

Originally intended to be a fair, meritocratic system, today China’s university entrance exam, the gaokao, contains structural challenges that prevent disadvantaged students from realizing their potential, in China and all over the world.

Among leaders and everyday Chinese alike, talk of social credit is rife. The goal of establishing a social credit regime by 2020 has led to targeting of malfeasance in all realms of society, from government conduct to business practices to individual fraud, in a sign that China’s leaders expect the country to raise its standards of accountability.

China’s household registration system, known as the hukou system, was employed throughout imperial China and used as a caste system under Mao Zedong. Now that China is attempting to rise into the ranks of rich countries, the legacy of this system is a major obstacle.

While gender equality is hailed as a fundamental state policy in China, enshrined in the Constitution, these laws still suffer from vague wording and weak implementation. New notices are being issued to eliminate discriminatory practices altogether.

Much of China's future progress will depend on what happens in the countryside.

Unless we achieve a set of commonly agreed upon indicators to measure sustainability or what is high quality, and be able to compare the performance of cities and provinces based upon it, the chance to successfully implement any sustainable policy vision and hold policymakers accountable is grim.

Chinese cities have developed rapidly and this pace would not have been possible without relocating/displacing large numbers of both urban natives and migrants. Over the past decades, millions of such people have been mobilized to leave their original communities for the express purpose of making way for the new structures and amenities necessary for a modern city life.

China’s cabinet on Wednesday released broad new definitions of conduct punishable under its three-year-old counter-espionage law, as China seeks to bolste

As unusual as the recent detention of three labor activists in Jiangxi may seem, particularly given the case’s connection to the U.S. president’s daughter, it actually reflects broader trends related to labor rights in China. While new labor reform laws have yielded some positive results for Chinese workers, they’ve triggered new challenges. A strong response from the United States could not only help the men avoid prison, but also offer critical support to all Chinese workers.