Infographic: China's social credit system

Introduction: The Chinese government is installing a system that gives people and companies points for their trustworthy behaviour and removing points from untrustworthy behaviour.

Text 1: Infographic: China's Social Credit System.

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Source with permission: Website Bertelsmann-Stifung, China's Social Credit System - Direct link to publication

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Vlog: Decoding china's social credit system

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Based on the information contained in the texts, imagine possible problems that could arise with social credit systems .

What concerns or worries you about this topic?

Have you ever rated services online? Have you ever been rated as a client? Were these reviews positive or negative, and did they modify the way you behaved?

Would you like to see a social credit system in Canada? Explain.

How does this technology remind you of something you have heard or read about or seen in a story?

How would you act and feel if the rest of your class were seen as trustworthy and you were not?

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Based on the information contained in the texts, imagine possible problems that could arise from such a system.

Based on the information contained in the text, imagine other behaviours that could be monitored for credit.

Infer who will be trustworthy in this system?

Analyse: What message about trust does a government communicate when it needs to constantly monitor its citizens? Use elements of the text(s) to answer.

How could creators of dystopian content see these texts using a dystopian lens?

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Topic 2: China's Social Credit System

Infographic: China's social credit system

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Topic 2: China's Social Credit System

Infographic: China's social credit system

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Vlog: Decoding china's social credit system

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