china

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion in 2017. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers, it is the third or fourth largest country by total area.

Crypto Added to China’s Blacklist of Short Videos Deemed Taboo
Crypto Added to China’s Blacklist of Short Videos Deemed Taboo
December 19, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Short videos about cryptocurrency are now banned as part of China’s updated blacklist of taboo subjects that include topics like showing sexual content, ridiculing the...

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Paytm Shares Plunge to Lowest Level Since November Mumbai Market Debut
Paytm Shares Plunge to Lowest Level Since November Mumbai Market Debut
December 17, 2021  |  Markets

Paytm, China’s biggest public listing on the Stock Exchange of India (NSE), is giving investors cold feet, with shares closing below its market debut in...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bank of Thailand to Define ‘Red Lines’ for Crypto Industry; Beijing Court Finds Bitcoin Mining Contract Invalid
Bitcoin Daily: Bank of Thailand to Define ‘Red Lines’ for Crypto Industry; Beijing Court Finds...
December 16, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Idaho Central Credit Union, the biggest credit union in the state, will offer bitcoin services, a report from Bitcoin Magazine says.  This will allow clients...

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China Pilots Connection Between Digital Yuan and Hong Kong Fast Payment System
China Pilots Connection Between Digital Yuan and Hong Kong Fast Payment System
December 09, 2021  |  CBDC

China is now working on connecting its nearly finished central bank digital currency (CBDC) to Hong Kong’s Fast Payment System. Announced by the head of...

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Wise Begins Offering B2B Transfers in Chinese Yuan 
Wise Begins Offering B2B Transfers in Chinese Yuan 
December 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The digital money transfer platform Wise says it can now offer B2B transfers in China in the Chinese yuan (CNY) from eight currencies.  The company...

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China Drafting Big Tech Blacklist to Curb Foreign Investments
China Drafting Big Tech Blacklist to Curb Foreign Investments
December 08, 2021  |  International

As part of China’s continuing big tech crackdown, regulators are devising a blacklist targeting new companies that use variable interest entities (VIEs) to run their...

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Alibaba Reorganizes its Global, Domestic eCommerce Business
Alibaba Reorganizes its Global, Domestic eCommerce Business
December 06, 2021  |  eCommerce

A trifecta of changes — new competition, a sluggish economy and continued regulatory pressures — has China’s Alibaba revamping its eCommerce businesses and appointing a...

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Munger Agrees with China’s Crypto Ban 
Berkshire Hathaway’s Munger Agrees with China’s Crypto Ban 
December 03, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger on Friday (Dec. 3) said at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Conference in Sydney that...

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Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
December 02, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

China’s crackdown on technology companies that offer payment services had the unintended side effect of opening the lines of communication between competitors like Alibaba and...

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