As the Intelligencer points out, Calibra has only one rival, China, which already has a blockchain-based digital currency for a billion-plus-citizens economy. Remember, you can never leave Zuckerstan. … ( read original story …)
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China suspends imports from Canadian pork company over food safety issues
MONTREAL — China is targeting another Canadian pork producer by temporarily halting imports allegedly over food safety issues at a time when diplomatic tensions are intensifying between the two … ( read original story …)
Facebook’s Libra: blockchain, but without the blocks or chain
China’s social media-turned-payments giant WeChat Pay — who Facebook is surely trying to compete with on a global level — doesn’t use the blockchain. Nor does PayPal. Or Venmo. Internet money … ( read original…
China Mobile selects Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia for 5G deployment
China Mobile has awarded half of its 5G network equipment contracts to Huawei Technologies. Under the terms of these agreements, Huawei will provide 49 percent of the MME/SGSN equipment and 54 percent … ( read…
Huawei wins big in China Mobile 5G tender
Embattled Huawei won the majority of two 5G core network contracts from China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, less than two weeks after the government issued licences for the technology. … ( read original…
China gives key 5G equipment contract to Ericsson and Nokia
The development comes after China Mobile, which is the world’s largest telecom operator by the number of subscribers count, awarded its first round of 5G network equipment contracts worth around $2 … ( read original…
RiverPay Accelerating the Expansion of China UnionPay’s Mobile Payments Platform across North American Markets
Fast-growing UnionPay QR code payments solution now adopted by a large base of RiverPay’s retail merchants FREMONT, Calif. — Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay Inc. today … ( read original story …)
China fails to wrest supercomputer crown from US as trade and tech tensions continue to swirl
Japan ranks as the third-fastest in computing systems, owning a 5.8 per cent share. In China, the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, the National Supercomputing Centre of … ( read original story…
Secretive Magic Leap Says Ex-Engineer Copied Headset for China
(Bloomberg) — Magic Leap Inc., a U.S. startup that makes a headset to project digital objects onto the real world, accused one of its former engineers of stealing its technology to create his own ……
China to suspend pork imports from third Canadian firm as dispute with Ottawa deepens
China will block pork imports from a third Canadian firm after a shipment was found to contain the banned feed additive ractopamine, the customs agency said on Tuesday, deepening a trade and … ( read…
China to suspend imports from Canadian pork company
Packs of Canadian pork are displayed for sale at a supermarket in Beijing. On Tuesday, China’s state news agency reported the country is halting imports from a Canadian company after food safety … ( read…
China to suspend pork imports from Canada’s Frigo Royal
China will block pork imports from Canada’s Frigo Royal Inc. after a batch of the Canadian firm’s pork was found to contain the banned feed additive ractopamine, the customs agency said in a statement ……
China suspends imports from Canadian pork company
Xinhua said China will suspend imports from Frigo Royal and also stop accepting health certificates issued by the company’s veterinary officer. In recent months, China has suspended the permits of two … ( read original…