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…
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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…
North Korea: China urged to take ‘direct action’ as state fires a missile over Japan
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said North Korea threatened the whole world and urged China to use its influence on unpredictable dictator Kim Jong-un. Could Kim Jong Un’s missiles really set off World War…
Reports: China orders bitcoin exchanges to shut down
Regulators in Shanghai, the country’s financial centre, gave verbal instructions to exchange operators to shut down, China Business News and 21st Century Economic Report said on their websites. They gave no other details. Bitcoin’s value…
China’s WeChat crackdown drives bitcoin enthusiasts to Telegram
China is also cracking down on VPNs, which route traffic through servers outside the country, to stamp out access to foreign news sites and services. Apple is removing many VPNs from its Chinese app store…
Beijing cryptocurrency exchanges told to announce trading halt: source
Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to cease trading and immediately notify users of their closure, signalling a widening crackdown by authorities on the industry to contain financial risks. Exchanges were also told to…
Beijing crypto-currency exchanges told to announce trading stop by Friday: Securities Times
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based crypto-currency exchanges to cease trading and to tell users by Friday about when trading will end, the Securities Times newspaper reported citing industry sources and a government…
Chinese academics prod Beijing to consider North Korea contingencies
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese academics are publicly broaching the idea that China and the United States should share plans on how to deal with a potential conflict on the Korean Peninsula, a sign some say…
