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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by bakuninsbart on Friday August 07, 2020 @08:33AM (#24081140)
In 2019 China landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. [1] Two months ago, China successfully launched its first rover to Mars [2]

I think it is hardly arguable that China has the most technologically advanced retail market in the world. - Ordering everything online from food to furniture, paying everywhere else by mobile phone, introducing state-sanctioned digital currency [3], and it is closing the gap or even pulling ahead in many other fields as well.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/01/03/china-land...

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53504797

[3] https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3096296/c...

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by sukilot on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:42AM (#24081673)
How is digital currency different from debit/credit/ETF/Wire etc?
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by mullingitover on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:55PM (#24085847)
Just look at how reliant the US is on the antiquated ACH transfer system. We're in the year 2020 and it's literally faster to mail someone cash in many cases.
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