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The next step was to  "increase the intensity of joint rewards and punishments so that dishonest people will be punished and the faithful will be motivated". Local governments and work units - grass-root level managers - were particularly active participants in the system. A Credit China website that had been visited by 500 million people was publicly shaming “lao lai” or deadbeats who don’t pay their bills. But some provinces are reported to have also taken to broadcasting photographs of those blacklisted on large screens in public places.Human Rights Watch is concerned that individuals who find themselves incorrectly listed have experienced difficulty in getting their names removed. Human Rights Watch has highlighted the case of lawyer Li Xiaolin  who was stranded 1900 kilometres from home, unable to catch a plane, after a court listed him for “insincere apology” without his knowledge.