China blocks 17.5 million plane tickets for people without enough ’social credit’
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Would-be passengers blacklisted for offences as minor as walking dogs without lead The Chinese government blocked 17.5 million would-be plane passengers from buying tickets last year as a punishment for offences including the failure to pay fines, it emerged. Some 5.5 million people were also barred from travelling by train under a controversial “social credit” system which the ruling Communist Party claims will improve public behaviour. The penalties are part of efforts by president Xi (...)
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