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candidate · p2026-09-06-246 · reject-definition

China's COVID-19 health-code apps (Alipay/WeChat health code)

set aside as
DEFINITION REJECTS
the researcher's note
China's COVID-19 health-code apps (Alipay/WeChat health code). Colour assigned by hand-written rules over travel history, contact records and test status. Fails gate 1 — same family as the Google/Apple exposure-notification rejection.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06 second harvest, china-india-africa-latam
received
2026-09-06T10:20:12-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-china-india-africa-latam.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T10:20:12-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — China's COVID-19 health-code apps (Alipay/WeChat health code). Colour assigned by hand-written rules over travel history, contact records and test status. Fails gate 1 — same family as the Google/Apple exposure-notification rejection.
The proposal as it arrived (JSON)
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