The biggest news this past week has been the huge rise in cryptocurrency prices (BTC & LTC) pushed in part by the Chinese exchanges. Both BTCChina and OKcoin now have higher volume/liquidity than any other market and region on the globe. To give you an idea of what that competitive niche is like, check out BTC123 and Hao123 (both in Chinese).
- In Search of the Real China from Foreign Affairs
- China to start making new officials disclose assets from Reuters
- China finally grants 4G licences, but still no iPhone deal for China Mobile from Engadget
- China’s yuan surpasses euro as 2nd most-used currency in trade finance: SWIFT from Reuters
- China Startups Focus on Pay-to-Gain from The Wall Street Journal
- China’s ban on bitcoin doesn’t make a difference—it was banned already from Quartz (much ado about nothing, for now)
- US-funded Lantern program allows Chinese to dodge Great Firewall and view banned websites from South China Morning Post
- Tobacco production doubled in China from Global Post
- Mysterious China-themed ‘city’ proposed in New York’s Catskills from Fox News
- Suning Building New Electronics Logistics Base In Shanghai from China Tech News
- Marita Cheng: Real-life ‘Robogal’ inventing machines for the future from CNN
- Bitcoin Market Gets a Lift From China from The Wall Street Journal
- UK and China agree £45m pig semen export deal from The Guardian
- China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More from The Daily Beast
- China’s IPO Overhaul Could Weigh on Hong Kong from The Wall Street Journal
- 3D printer boom lures new wave of Japan entrepreneurs from Reuters