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ForkLog 11 24.08.2022

Guangzhou buses to accept digital yuan payments

Guangzhou authorities gave public transit passengers the option to pay fares with the digital yuan (e-CNY). Local media report this.

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ForkLog 10 16.08.2022

Chinese tech giants share details of their algorithms with regulators

Chinese tech giants have shared details of their algorithms with regulators in the country.

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ForkLog 10 10.08.2022

China blocks 12,000 social-media accounts for cryptocurrency promotion

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the blocking of 12,000 social media accounts involved in promoting cryptocurrencies and attracting investors.

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ForkLog 18 18.07.2022

China’s Supreme Court Allows AI to Hand Down Verdicts

China deployed AI to 'improve' the justice system, including recommending verdicts, drafting documents, and warning of 'human errors' in decisions.

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ForkLog 29 06.07.2022

Chinese court rules salary paid in USDT illegal

In China, employers cannot pay employees salaries in stablecoins such as USDT. The Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court issued the relevant ruling, according to Beijing Daily.

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ForkLog 28 06.07.2022

China develops AI to gauge loyalty of Communist Party members

Researchers in China have developed an artificial intelligence that "reads the minds" of Communist Party members and determines their loyalty.

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ForkLog 17 05.07.2022

Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent to require KYC for NFT buyers

Chinese tech giants Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, Ant Group and others have embraced a 'self-discipline initiative' to curb speculation in the NFT market.

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ForkLog 14 04.07.2022

Hackers claim data leak affecting 1 billion Chinese citizens; database valued at 10 BTC

Unknown hackers are offering for sale a database that allegedly contains information on one billion Chinese citizens, for 10 BTC (more than $190,000 at the time of writing).

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ForkLog 14 27.06.2022

Co-founder of Chinese blockchain platform calls Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme

Unregulated cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are 'the largest Ponzi scheme in human history'. This view was expressed by Red Date Technology CEO and BSN co-founder He Yifan in his article for The People’s Daily.

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ForkLog 11 21.06.2022

WeChat to block accounts linked to promoting cryptocurrencies and selling NFTs

WeChat, the communications platform owned by the Chinese tech giant Tencent, has banned secondary NFT trading and said it would punish accounts involved in cryptocurrency trading, according to the South China Morning Post.

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ForkLog 10 15.06.2022

China used anti-COVID infrastructure to thwart a protest

The Chinese authorities used the coronavirus-tracking infrastructure to disrupt a protest by bank depositors by turning their health code red.

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ForkLog 10 30.05.2022

Shenzhen to distribute ‘red envelopes’ as part of digital yuan testing

The Shenzhen authorities will conduct another test of the digital yuan (e-CNY). Local media report this.

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