Beijing
Fall in line or stay home: Starting in May, China will begin barring people with poor “social credit” from boarding trains or planes for a year. China’s government has begun issuing citizens with a socialcredit score based on trustworthiness: Those who fail to pay bills or are cited for infractions such as smoking on a train will see their scores suffer and their rights curtailed. If a person’s score goes up, privileges will be restored. The full rollout of the social-credit system, scheduled for 2020, will “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven,” the government says, “while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.”