Tag: crackdown

Bitcoin Struggles to Regain Ground After Plunging on China Clampdown

LONDON/HONG KONG—Bitcoin strained on Tuesday to climb away from a two-week low touched a day earlier when China’s central bank reaffirmed a clampdown on cryptocurrencies and restricted trading channels for Chinese residents. The world’s largest cryptocurrency gave up most of its earlier gains and was last up 0.5 percent at $31,753. It tumbled over 10…


Taiwan Will Never Forget China’s Tiananmen Crackdown, Says President

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s people will never forget China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square 32 years ago and will stick with their faith in democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday. Taiwan is criticizing China and urging it to face up to what it did, to Beijing’s repeated annoyance. China claims Taiwan as…