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FINANCE & ECONOMY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Digital Currency TikTok-Kuaishou Dream Rivalry ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY OPINION HK Universities Avoiding Ideological Head North War Issue 127 January 2021 ISSN 2222-4033 The Big Crackdown How Chinese police clamped down $153 billion of illegal online gambling enabled by China's e-commerce giants Private Banking January 2021 caixinglobal.com Contents ON THE COVER 14 Investment Firm Turns on Money Man China Minsheng Investment Group levels financial misconduct accusations against the CEO of an investment bank it has backed for years 16 What to Watch in the New 5-Year Plan Amid a global pandemic and p. 36 deepening geopolitical tensions, top Communist Party officials meet next week to decide on policies to drive sustainable economic growth 18 What’s Next for the Yuan? Chinese currency may still have legs after 8.5% gain against greenback since end-May, analysts say 21 Property Developers Run Into Debt p. 36 Limits Companies that cross debt-related red lines will have their ability to take TheThe BigBig CrackdownCrackdown on more borrowing curtailed How Chinese police clamped down $153 billion of illegal online BUSINESS & INDUSTRY gambling enabled by China’s e-commerce giants 24 Private Firms’ Knuckles Rapped Over Buyouts Series of fines come after regulators declared their intention to take a harder look at big tech with new anti- EDITORIAL FINANCE & ECONOMY monopoly rules 04 Joining the TPP Won’t Be 08 China’s Dream to Lead in Digital Easy. China Should Anyway Currency 25 Speed Bumps to Self-Driving Car Complying with some of the The future of money is electronic and Navigation CPTPP’s more challenging Beijing wants to own it Vast numbers of satellite base conditions will be beneficial in stations are being built as companies and of itself 10 China Races to Catch Money rush to develop their own national Launderers networks 06 EYE ON CHINA Rapid evolution of financial criminality has left a 13-year-old anti-money 27 How Apartment Rental Giant Fell laundering statute in the dust, forcing Apart authorities to press for tougher, more Danke Apartment ran out of cash effective rules and penalties offering below-cost leases as the pandemic cooled the market and its 12 Anbang Salvage Runs Aground CEO was detained Company created to take over a significant portion of the 30 TikTok Rival Continues to Play conglomerate’s assets has failed to Second Fiddle complete its restructuring on time Kuaishou Technology is on track to Exchange rate used in this issue: 1 yuan = US$ 0.15 2016 Caixin Global Limited. 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