Why China’s Social Credit System Should Scare You

“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”

A part of the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, the Kwong Tong March took place on August 24, 2019. (photo: Studio Incendo)

As the already-historic protests in Hong Kong continue week after week, with demonstrators enduring daily hardships, threats, and attack by police, the Chinese government in Beijing waits.

It can well afford to wait.