China’s Social Credit System

This book offers theoretical and empirical insights into analyzing, measuring, and assessing the political power of the Chinese state in shaping society. Focusing on the widely debated Social Credit System (SCS) and the sanctioned group known as laolai (deadbeats), it explores how national policies impact citizens – especially entrepreneurs – and how they respond in return. Political power has long been central to China’s development. In today’s market-driven economy, the fate of entrepreneurs c