How one of the world's major money laundering networks, linked to Cambodia's Huione Group, services online scammers using cryptocurrencies, Telegram, and more
and what you can do about it New York Times : How We Investigated Money Laundering, and What We Found X: Mike Forsythe / @pekingmike : How Scammers Launder Money and Get Away With It - searing investi...
US DOJ allows Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to return to China in a deferred prosecution agreement as part of which Wanzhou admitted to some wrongdoing
hours after the U.S. agreed to free a Huawei executive https://www.wsj.com/... Michael McFaul / @mcfaul : You're revealing your nerdy (and that's a compliment @stanford) ways to suggest that “a Quad m...
A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining
The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash Tweets: @the_moviebob , @ruskin147 , @carnage4life , @ayanaeliza , @davidfickling , @d...
A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining
The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash Tweets: @brianspegele , @the_moviebob , @bcappelbaum , @ayanaeliza , @nkingofdc , @dav...
Research: low-wage workers at businesses in the areas where Amazon operates have seen significant wage growth since the company raised minimum pay to $15/hour
New research suggests that when big companies increase wages, they drive up pay in the places where they operate — without a notable loss in jobs. Tweets: @bencasselman and @pekingmike Tweets: Ben Cas...
Tencent-backed online healthcare startup Waterdrop is preparing for an IPO, seeking a valuation of ~$4B, with US among potential listing venues
Bloomberg : Tweets: @pekingmike Tweets: Mike Forsythe / @pekingmike : Boyu Capital is co-founded by the grandson of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. It should be mentioned in every story about t...
Leaked Chinese government docs reveal the mechanics of running mass detention camps in Xinjiang, predictive policing, mass surveillance, and snooping on expats
"brainwashing" — to which China is subjecting at least one million detained Uighur and other Turkic Muslims until they renounce Islam and their ethnicity. https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/....
The near-collapse of ZTE may prompt China's Sputnik moment, when it gets serious about developing its own advanced chip capabilities
HONG KONG — Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom. Its people zip around the country on high-speed trains. Tweets: @pekingmike , @liyua...