I live in Shenzhen and jaywalk as much as possible; would love to see my "laowai" (evil foreigner) face on one of these billboards just to take an amusing snapshot of it (to remind me of its ridiculousness).
Honestly, I wish they'd use these systems for the people who throw rubbish on the ground (an extremely common site) and those God damn electric bikes that run red lights 100% of the time; those I would be all for with this kind of shaming system!
P.S.: You can't imagine all the other dystopian shit going on here...
Tell us more about what is going on, I am very interested in knowing. And you needn't worry, the Sesame Credit system is going to use the ubiquitous CCTV cams to police everything - at least, that is the specifically stated goal. Littering? Downvote. Run a red light? Downvote. Disagree with a politician? Downvote. Too many downvotes? No good school for your kids, no mortgage to buy a home, no visa to travel abroad etc. If you haven't heard of this, you can start with my post that discusses it here.
Hi @cupidzero, I am writing a book on my 10 years in China (as a foreigner). There will be plenty in there and I intend to post a lot of it here on Steemit from it. There's good, bad, ugly here. All of it. China is a country you love and hate all at once. As for the CCP, they are a mere speck in the wind of this 5,000 year old civilization; for the moment, I will let that statement speak for itself. If you want to know the pinnacle of Chinese civilization, study the Tang. Han was up there. Although from 1,000+ years ago, they were much more advanced then in so many ways and in so much wisdom.