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China’s Social Credit System Barred Millions from Traveling in 2018

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According to the report obtained by the Associated Press, as many as 17.5 million ticket purchases were blocked last year for “social credit offenses” such as unpaid taxes or fines. Other would-be travelers were barred from purchasing train tickets as many as 5.5 million times and according to an annual report from the National Public Credit Information Center, as many as 138 people were stopped from leaving the country.

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