A Chinese city withdraws ’civility code’ following online criticism
▻https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/09/14/a-chinese-city-withdraws-civility-code-following-online-criticis
Despite censorship, criticism of the plan flooded Chinese social media Building upon the successful implementation of its “health code” system in restricting citizens’ movement during COVID-19 pandemic, Suzhou — a Chinese city near Shanghai — attempted to launch a “civility code” in early September to rank citizens’ civility and award or punish them accordingly. But strong reactions from netizens forced authorities to postpone the plan. The health code is a coding system that keeps track of an (...)
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