Scott Mallinson

Software development engineer

Tag: china

  • China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real by Jamie Horsley (Foreign Policy) Blacklists and monitoring systems are nowhere close to Black Mirror fantasies.

  • At China’s Internet Conference, a Darker Side of Tech Emerges (nytimes.com) The World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, has long showcased flashy new tech. This year, discussions also dealt with counterterrorism, data breaches and surveillance.

  • China’s state-run press agency has created an ‘AI anchor’ to read the news by James Vincent (The Verge) But the agency’s new host isn’t any more sophisticated than a CGI puppet

  • China is making the internet less free, and US tech companies are helping by Shannon Liao (The Verge) While doing business in China, US tech companies must play by local rules — or face getting kicked out.

  • The Chinese Farmer Who Live-Streamed Her Life and Made a Fortune (The New Yorker) Liu Mama, a loud-mouthed, ruddy-cheeked Northern farmer with millions of online followers, is one of many Chinese streamers participating in a virtual gold rush.

  • How China complicates Apple’s chest-thumping about privacy by https://www.facebook.com/contentnewton (The Verge) A former Facebook executive points out that Apple likely has to make compromises, too

  • China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers (iTnews) Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.

  • An evening wandering the dark, smokey streets of Kashgar’s Old City. . . . . #kashgar #xinjiang #china #uyghur #travel #silkroad #kashi #islam #lamb #fire #streetphotography #farwestchina #silkroute #architecture #kashgaroldcity #oldcity #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeotravel #natgeo #streetshot #travelasia #lonelyplanet

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    Hiking in China – exploring the Ninghai national trail system (Lands Remote) China's first national hiking system, the National Trail System – Ninghai, offers 500km of waymarked hiking trails through the mountains near Ninghai city in Zhejiang province, China. Ninghai is just 2.5 hours south of Shanghai on China's highspeed train. Hard work but had…

  • Tianjin West Railway Station 🚊throwing some shapes . . . . #tianjinwestrailwaystation #tianjin #china #railwaystation #reflection #trainstation #train #highspeed #instasize #shotoniphone6 #iphoneography #highspeedrail #architecturephotography #exploretianjin #archilovers #vsco #building #chineseexperience