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US now top bitcoin mining hub amid crackdown in China

Coco Feng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 14 12:47 PM

The Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index shows China’s crackdown on bitcoin has successfully pushed mining activities to other countries. Read more »

China curbs pop culture in bid to 'control' youth

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 11:56 AM

Beijing has moved to check what it considers the excesses of modern entertainment, and urged social media platforms to promote patriotic content. Read more »

Crypto exchange Huobi to clean up existing mainland clients by end-2021

Reuters
Posted at Sep 27 11:09 AM

Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global said on Sunday it had stopped taking new mainland customers from Friday and would end contracts with mainland clients by the end of the year to comply with local regulations. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 9, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 11:40 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Police raid museum commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre victims

Tyrone Siu, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 06:57 PM

Police raid the June 4th Museum, which commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Hong Kong on Thursday Read more »

China: Fan culture crackdown not targeting any country

Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 06:30 AM

Chinese authorities describe as a "chaotic" celebrity fan culture, and its influence on young people and social order. Read more »

No gain without pain: Why China's reform push must hurt investors

Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Posted at Jul 28 04:59 PM

Stocks and sentiment have taken a drubbing as Communist Party rulers seek to remake the property, technology and education sectors to curb cost pressures and better serve ordinary people. Read more »

China’s bitcoin crackdown: Why is it happening and what’s next for the original cryptocurrency?

Matt Haldane, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 16 12:49 PM

China’s widespread crackdown on bitcoin has sent the hash rate plummeting, but miners leaving the network has also pushed up profitability. Bitcoin was designed to be the world’s first decentralized currency, outside the reach of any central bank, but it now more closely resembles a commodity.  Read more »

Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what's behind China's recent crackdown on big tech?

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 02:56 PM

Over the past few weeks, the Chinese government’s crackdown on big tech companies has intensified. The giants have all felt the brunt of heightened regulatory scrutiny. Read more »

Jackie Chan wants to join Chinese Communist Party, but China doesn’t want him

Phoebe Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 13 10:40 PM

Many have said on social media that he has cheated on his wife and that his son has used drugs, both of which would disqualify him from membership. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bagong patakaran ng SC sa body cams, search at arrest warrants

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 08:30 PM

Malaking hakbang ito para mapigilan ang mga pang-aabuso, ayon sa National Union of People’s Lawyers. Read more »

'Binaril para patayin': Autopsy sa mga napaslang sa 'Bloody Sunday' idinetalye

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 09:14 PM

Nilapitan ng mga kaanak ang forensic pathologist na si Dr. Raquel Fortun para muling ipasuri kung ano ang ikinamatay ng 9 sa tinaguriang Bloody Sunday killings. Read more »

Cryptocurrencies tumble amid China crackdown on bitcoin miners

Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 05:50 PM

Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Monday as China's crackdown on bitcoin mining expanded to the province of Sichuan. Read more »

Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court

Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 11:45 AM

Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appeared in court on Saturday charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. Read more »

China arrests over 1,100 suspects in crackdown on crypto-related money laundering

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 11:24 AM

Police in China arrested over 1,100 people suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder illegal proceeds from telephone and Internet scams in a recent crackdown, the Ministry of Public Security said. Read more »

Bytedance billionaire CEO to leave post to 'read and daydream'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 01:50 PM

The Chinese tycoon boss of TikTok parent Bytedance said Thursday that he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills and preferred "reading and daydreaming" to running the tech giant.   Read more »

How Beijing's crackdown on dissent unfolded in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:58 PM

China has moved to crush Hong Kong's democracy movement after huge and violent protests rocked the finance hub last year, hammering the flickering freedoms and autonomy it promised the city would keep after British colonial rule ended in 1997. Read more »

Rattled Chinese tech giants pledge to end unfair competition

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 05:53 PM

More than 20 Chinese tech giants have made a public pact to abide by anti-monopoly guidelines, after regulators told them to note "the warning" of a record fine against e-commerce giant Alibaba. Read more »

Oil giant Total to continue gas production in coup-hit Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 10:28 AM

French energy giant Total will not halt gas production in coup-hit Myanmar, its chief said Sunday, despite growing calls for foreign companies to sever ties with the junta as it escalates a brutal crackdown on dissent.   Read more »

4 killed in Myanmar protests as junta cracks down on online critics

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 04:27 PM

Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing four people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks. Read more »