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                (  道  )                              ( 器 )                                      ( 流 )                                  ( 孝 )                                   ( 气  )                                    ( Great Firewall  )                      (  Social Credit Score  )                    ( “Taobao Villages" )            (  Transportation & Infrastructure  )    (  Retail Locations and Machines  )          (  Web Servers  )           (  Delivery Services  )             ( Mobile Payment  )                 ( Tencent & Wechat  )                ( Alibaba & Taobao  )              ( DouYin and Video Streaming  )                   (  Weibo  )                             (  XueXi  )
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|Dao or "The way" is the core      |    |Qi or "Machine" is a complementary |    |TextLiu or "Flow" is an inherent  |    |TextXiao or "Filial piety" is a   |    |TextChi is translated as 'air',       |     |防火长城 FangHuo ChangCheng  is the   |    |社会信用体系 SheHui XinYong Tixi is a   |     |淘宝村 TaoBaoCun or "Taobao Villages"|   |Chinese infrastructure projects   |    |Retail locations in China follow  |    |The Chinese Government    |    |快递 KuaiDi or delivery   |    |Is a technology through which  |    |Tencent is the parent company  |    |Alibaba is a business         |    |Video streaming is the next digital    |    |Is known as the 'Chinese     |    |学习 is an app released by the government|
|concept of Daoist (or Taoist)     |    |concept of Dao. In traditional     |    |characteristic of Dao, and        |    |concept in Confucianism, Taoism   |    |'energy' and it represents the vital  |     |combination of legislative actions   |    |national reputation system being      |     |are villages in China that had     |    |are getting international         |    |market forces, and are boosted by |    |requires that all tech    |    |services are one of the  |    |users can pay for any service  |    |of WeChat, a texting and social|    |conglomerate that has TaoBao, |    |industry in China, set to be bigger    |    |twitter', and hosts most of  |    |to study the teachings, history and    |
|belief. In the words of Yuk Hui:  |    |Chinese cosmology, a good 'machine'|    |therefore of every being. It      |    |and Buddhism, which is a virtue of|    |force of a living entity. Is one of   |     |and technologies enforced by the     |    |developed by the Chinese government.  |     |transformed their local economy    |    |attention, either as news of      |    |big data profiling of costumers.  |    |companies, both local and |    |supports of the digital  |    |with their phones. The most    |    |media app that has over one    |    |'the Chinese Amazon'. By only |    |than cinema box office by 2025. There  |    |the trending topics discussed|    |doctrine of 习近平 XijinPing, the current|
|"Dao stands for the supreme order |    |or 'instrument' is one that        |    |embodies the transformation under |    |respect for one's parents, elders,|    |the main elements in Chinese          |     |People's Republic of China to        |    |By 2020, it is intended to standardize|     |through the online shopping        |    |Chinese economic development, or  |    |With the rise of mobile payments, |    |foreign, store their      |    |revolution in consumer   |    |popular services, WeChat and   |    |billion active users every day.|    |allowing purchases through    |    |are many popular platforms, but the    |    |by common people and the     |    |chairman of China. (the title plays    |
|of things (...), Dao is present in|    |channels the Dao and doesn't       |    |which everything is under. It is  |    |and ancestors. This good conduct  |    |cosmology, medicine and martial arts, |     |regulate the Internet domestically.  |    |the assessment of citizens and        |     |platform "Taobao" (the Chinese     |    |as viral videos on social media.  |    |they can target their audience, as|    |information in web servers|    |goods. Dozens of rivaling|    |AliPay, are social media apps  |    |It allows to communicate and   |    |their mobile payment system   |    |main one is 抖音 DouYin, known in the   |    |media. Is usually the public |   |with the character 习, which is both the|
|everything and  in every being    |    |corrupt it. In this energetic view |    |as well, the key connection       |    |brings good name to your lineage, |    |and stands for the vital energy of    |     |It blocks access to selected foreign |    |businesses economic and social        |     |Amazon). Normally they focus their |    |The accelerated construction of   |    |well as market directly through   |    |located inside China. This|    |companies offer          |    |with a range of other          |    |share with friends, as well as |    |'Alipay', they ensure a wide  |    |west as 'TikTok'. Its viral and        |    |space for pressing social    |    |last name of the chairman and also part|
|(...) Dao is not a particular     |    |of the world, beings are joined    |    |between the cosmological          |    |and ensures the smooth functioning|    |beings, which is in constant flow and |     |websites and can slow down           |    |reputation, or 'Social Credit'. The   |     |production on a series of similar  |    |highways, railways and 4G networks|    |the apps that host the payments.  |    |ensures the government's  |    |nationwide transportation|    |applications, which sometimes  |    |purchase clothing, food, train |    |base for their financial      |    |addictive format of short videos mixed |    |matters, and because of this |    |of the word 学习 that means 'to study').|
|object  nor is the principle of a |    |together in a cosmic order which   |    |principles of ancient China and   |    |of society. This "filial piety"   |    |transformation, that can be cultivate,|     |cross-border internet traffic, as    |    |score is influenced by the type of    |     |consumer products, involving many  |    |(with the 5G unfolding right now) |    |As such, there are many discounts |    |full sovereignty over the |    |of goods, stretching out |    |only allows for that only      |    |tickets, hotels, book hospital |    |system network 'Zhima credit' |    |with live stream revenue format, made  |    |is also the target of        |    |Inside the app you have some trivia    |
|specific genre of objects; it is  |    |communicates through a conciousness|    |the practical reality of its      |    |extends to your teachers, bosses, |    |and must be in balance to preserve    |     |well as censor content deemed        |    |purchases you make, time you spend    |     |families or sometimes the whole    |    |has facilitated the connection of |    |and bonuses for buying with your  |    |data produced in the      |    |to even the most remote  |    |payment method (which is hosted|    |appointments, make payments    |    |(that provides credits or any |    |TikTok one of the biggest social media |    |government surveillance to   |    |that will provide a score, which you   |
|present in every being, yet       |    |common to them all (Dao), and      |    |contemporary information society. |    |government officials, all the way |    |health. It is considered as a         |     |'inappropriate'. It makes sure that  |    |doing certain activities, if you abide|     |village. This has been one of the  |    |remote areas of the nation as     |    |device, and even more for sharing |    |country, as well as access|    |villages and delivering  |    |within the app). They surged   |    |through WeChat Pay, among many,|    |bank service through the      |    |apps in 2018 worldwide. These platforms|    |spot dissent.                |    |can post on your WeChat or other social|
|escapes all objetification". In   |    |techniques concerns the ability to |    +----------------------------------+    |to the emperor (in ancient times) |    |pseudo-scientific concept similar to  |     |every website or software operator in|    |by traffic laws or even social media  |     |main drivers of the repopulation of|    |parts of the economic             |    |with your contacts, all of which  |    |to it if needed.          |    |from 1 day to a week.    |    |because of the slow deployment |    |many applications more. By     |    |phone), as well as massive    |    |have created a class of influencers and|    +-----------------------------+    |media, and also with a local, regional |
|our analogy between cosmological  |    |skilfully bring something together |                                            |or the chairman (XiJinPing) in    |    |energy, that hasn't been observed or  |     |China abides by Chinese law. Its     |    |comments you make. If high, can allow |     |rural areas by the working-age     |    |superstructure, expanding urban   |    |ensures broader data collection.  |    +--------------------------+    +-------------------------+    |of credit card payments, and   |    |allowing third party apps to   |    |data collection for their web |    |livestreamers big and far apart across |                                       |and national ranking. Is safe to       |
|concepts and technology, the Dao  |    |that resonates with this cosmic    |                                            |contemporary China.               |    |mesured, and it is used in common     |     |deployment has been crucial to the   |    |access for selected education         |     |people, as well as the main drivers|    |privileges to rural areas.        |    +----------------------------------+                                                                   |currently over 90% of Chinese  |    |host 'mini apps' inside WeChat,|    |services business AliCloud.   |    |China, even in remote rural areas. It  |                                       |assume, that performing well in this   |
|would be represented by the Data: |    |order.                             |                                            +----------------------------------+    |contemporary Chinese to talk about    |     |nurturing and development of a local |    |institutions, healthcare services or  |     |of economic development in rural   |    +----------------------------------+                                                                                                           |uses it. In physical stores,   |    |they can process and collect   |    +------------------------------+    |also provides additional revenue income|                                       |app might earn you also some good      |
|ever present, ever changing, ever |    |                                   |                                                                                    |steam, breath, emotions, food and     |     |Chinese Internet ecosystem, that has |    |credit loans. If low, can bar the user|     |China. As of 2019, they surpass    |                                                                                                                                                   |there is always a QR code that |    |the data of the transactions   |                                        |for street artists and performers,     |                                       |social credit points in the future.    |
|flowing. Data is quantifiable Dao.|    +-----------------------------------+                                                                                    |mental health.                        |     |followed different paths from        |    |from purchasing plane or train        |     |1,500 villages and towns.          |                                                                                                                                                   |can be scanned to make the     |    |made through them, allowing    |                                        |street food vendors among others.      |                                       +---------------------------------------+
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