The Big Data Issue

November, 2017

Millions have happily signed up for programs such as WeChat Wallet and Alipay, along with attendant social credit schemes, including the already-massive Sesame Credit. Soon, every purchase made in China that isn’t in cash (and these numbers are growing) will be itemized, tracked, geo-tagged, cached, and analyzed in a vast consumerist utopia (or capitalist conspiracy; or Orwellian experiment) in big data we’re calling the “Cloud Country.”

 COVER STORY|封面故事 

Cloud Country 

无现金的普及和信用体系的建立让用户充分享受着大数据时代的便利。刷脸用餐、信用借还、信用招聘……个人信用将成为社会成员的通行证。本期“云中国度” 带你走进数据交织成的未来世界。 

 FEATURES | 主题故事  

The Writing on the Walls

曾经的“世界艺术工厂”，深圳大芬村会有怎样的未来？

Flight Risk 

民航的喜与忧

Occupational Hazards

腾退文保单位，让历史回归大众

 KALEIDOSCOPE | 镜像中国  

Bambooze

竹中“种”酒，清冽醇香 

 Group Think | 群观  

Armband Army 

他们头戴小红帽，臂缠红袖章，忙碌的身影仿佛无处不在。社区志愿者到底是一群怎样的人？

 JOURNEY TO THE BEST| 寻真之旅   

Mouth of the Clouds 

生态云南菜

 ZOETROPE | 视听空间 

Never Say Die

《羞羞的铁拳》：一部喜剧的诞生

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