Episode 29: Engineering Public Morality in China

China's social credit system is being rolled out and will by 2020 track the behaviour of all of its 1.4 billion citizens, doling out rewards and punishments to individuals and communities. Asia Institute China analysts Dr Delia Lin and Dr Fengshi Wu ponder whether the system will succeed in bringing unprecedented security and stability to Chinese society or condemn it to a dystopian future. Presented by Ali Moore.

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