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What China’s New Digital Currency Tells Us About a Cashless Future

China is testing a digital yuan, aiming to accelerate the replacement of cash and increase state control in a society where digital payments via Wechat Pay and Alipay are already the norm. Here’s what Beijing’s new system looks like—and how it would work.
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Oh ya 5 year ago
Fight this like the dickens folks. When they have cntrol of your money you will have to be their slave and if you dont think they will have control over your bank where your digital currency is you just a idiot
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