Are Taxes On Tobacco Products Effective In Reducing A Country's Tobacco Consumption?

The gender pay gap exists but it varies around the world, and can be wider in “mature markets.”

The internet has always been hailed as a democratic force, a leveler of sorts, by its virtue of providing equal access to learning and economic opportunity. But a closer look at countries that have been the fastest adopters of internet in the last two decades (India, Nigeria, Bangladesh, etc.) shows a different picture.

The world's first digital social credit system is troubling many experts who fear it is ripe for abuse. What are its possible effects on Chinese society?