[joveian]

It looks like it is starting to get some attention at least. Here is HN discussion of the article that seems possibly the primary source for the video: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10329733

It sounds like the system does not currently use politics and such, but the government would like to combine it with the existing citizen tracking system which is employer based.

And a BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34592186

I think the US system is fairly insidious as well and has more government influence than it might seem (look into "redlining" for instance and the role the government played). Creditors can know quite a bit about your private life (particularly if you significantly outside the mainstream) and I don't think it is that uncommon for individuals to share credit scores. In any case, I think it is worth considering how "social trust systems" work everywhere and not just in the worst imagininable case. It is harder to think about in the less obviously centralized cases.