China’s social credit system is about to evolve, as the West starts to implement some of its features

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Didi Rankovic

As many governments around the world, previously thought of as unquestionably democratic, proceed to introduce various elements of China’s social credit system into various segments of everyday life and services – the “original” continues to evolve.

China’s social credit system which first appeared in 2014 as a six-year-plan, has been turned into a draft law.

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