Banking regulators in Beijing and Shanghai have ordered local cryptocurrency exchanges to shut down, state media reported Tuesday, in the latest blow to the once flourishing Chinese market for virtual money. A Beijing-based regulator required…
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China and India water ‘dispute’ after border stand-off
A year ago, China blocked a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo river as part of its most expensive hydro project, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The news came just when Indian media were suggesting…
China detains man for service to evade internet firewall
The Global Times newspaper, citing the official Xinhua news agency, says the software developer was arrested … information ahead of October’s twice-a-decade ruling party congress. China restricts how licensed VPNs are used, but has yet…
China, Russia begin naval drills near North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on … 3, in defiance of international pressure. The official Xinhua news agency said the joint exercises will take place between Peter the…
China expresses concern over EU push to curb foreign takeovers
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed concern on Monday over a proposal by European … the losses will outweigh the gains,” Lu told a daily news briefing. He urged the European Union to respect World Trade…
Charges to be laid in Canada involving fentanyl shipments from China: RCMP
VANCOUVER – The RCMP has launched at least 20 investigations involving dozens of vendors shipping fentanyl from China as Canada grapples with a record number of illicit opioid deaths, the force’s director of serious organized…
China Communist Party Youth Twitter account prompts abuse
China closely controls what can be posted and seen online … announcing “Hello Twitter” – and has also been posting patriotic links and news stories. It met similar questions about firewalls and VPNs, but on…
End of a special relationship? China looks at North Korea with frustration and even fear
He has filed stories from every continent for CBC News. Instagram: @sasapetricic As recently as a … No courtesy note was sent before the ground shook in northeast China from the massive underground nuclear blast…
China punishes 31 for deadly construction accident
China has ordered 31 people to be placed under “coercive measures” for a collapse last year at a construction site that killed 73 people, the state news agency reported Saturday. Coercive measures are a form…
US should ‘do its duty’ to resolve North Korea nuclear crisis, China says
The core of it is the conflict between the US and North Korea,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing … who singled out China and Russia as the two nations best…
China to deliver two pandas to Indonesia
Sept. 15 (UPI) –China is wooing Indonesia with “panda diplomacy” and is expected to deliver a gift of two of the animals next week. Indonesian news service Kompas reported Friday the pandas will be taken…
China puts squeeze on bitcoin, platforms to shut
A senior executive at China’s state-backed internet finance body says ”stateless” digital tokens such as bitcoin pose risks as they could be used for illegal actions, in further comments that ramp up the rhetoric against…
North Korea — either China helps, or all bets are off
Multilateral sanctions should be aggressively pursed; we should birddog all allies, as well as China and Russia, to conform. But, cold splash of realism: Lack of international unity and shared conviction, dissembling and non-cooperation by…
