Life on the wrong side of China’s social credit system
This is not the social credit system(edit based on OP comment: the dystopic social credit system that people are afraid of). This is just the list of discredited people(&quot;Shi Xin Zhe&quot; list) published by China&#x27;s court system. The whole list is published on <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zxgk.court.gov.cn&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zxgk.court.gov.cn&#x2F;</a><p>You don&#x27;t end up on the list for simply owing money (and it has nothing to do with social mis&#x2F;conduct), you end up on the list for being sued over the money you owe, and the court determining that you do have to pay and that you have the ability to pay based on your personal financials (or if you refuse to disclose your personal financials to the court), and you still refuse to pay. Hence why its maintained by the court system.<p>The word &quot;Lao Lai&quot; that is quoted to describe them in the article is literally &quot;long term renege&quot;.