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Factors Behind Chinese Citizen Support to Implementation of Social Credit Policy

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  • Gilang D. Putra

    (Department of International Relations, University of Jember, East Java, Indonesia. gilangdewalaputra2@gmail.com)

  • Bagus Sigit Sunarko

    (Department of International Relations, University of Jember, East Java, Indonesia.)

  • Agung Purwanto

    (Department of International Relations, University of Jember, East Java, Indonesia.)

Abstract

The social credit system was implemented in China by the Xi Jinping government officially in 2020. In implementing this policy, there are many arguments that argue this policy has the potential to cause human insecurity from the Chinese people because this policy is widely considered to be used as a tool to control people’s behaviour. Even so, this policy has high support from the Chinese people as evidenced by the high support for the implementation of the social credit system, and the high participation of the Chinese people in the trial of the social credit system in different provinces. Using disciplinary power theory, this article analyses what factors influence public support for the implementation of social credit policies by the Chinese government. This article also looks at how the Chinese government’s efforts in shaping obedience in Chinese society through the implementation of social credit policies. This article argues that the Chinese government succeeded in utilising appropriate means to make people support the implementation of the social credit policy even though the policy has the potential to cause human insecurity.

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  • Gilang D. Putra & Bagus Sigit Sunarko & Agung Purwanto, 2024. "Factors Behind Chinese Citizen Support to Implementation of Social Credit Policy," China Report, , vol. 60(2), pages 196-211, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:chnrpt:v:60:y:2024:i:2:p:196-211
    DOI: 10.1177/00094455241288072
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    1. Mo Chen & Jens Grossklags, 2022. "Social Control in the Digital Transformation of Society: A Case Study of the Chinese Social Credit System," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-23, May.
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