China reportedly made an app to show people if they're standing near someone in debt — a new part of its intrusive 'social credit' policy
Top courts in Beijing and Tianjin soon plan to release a map of delinquent debtors as a mini program on WeChat.
The move comes after Hebei province introduced its own deadbeat map identifying such debtors in January in a preliminary step toward establishing a credit system in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
In addition to including information on any illegal construction that delinquent debtors may have undertaken, the system lists any of their traffic violations.
By 2023, a credit cooperation mechanism in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will be complete and public credit information will be shared and applied by companies and individuals, he said.