âś…Spratly Islands: Claimed by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei, this archipelago is a hotspot for conflict. The dispute involves competing claims over islands, reefs, and waters.
âś…Paracel Islands: Disputed mainly between China and Vietnam, this group of islands has seen past conflicts and remains a contentious area.
✅Scarborough Shoal: Claimed by China and the Philippines, tensions have risen since China’s takeover in 2012.
✅China’s “Nine-Dash Line” claim overlaps with the maritime territories of other nations, complicating the dispute and leading to regional instability.
âś…Spratly Islands: Claimed by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei, this archipelago is a hotspot for conflict. The dispute involves competing claims over islands, reefs, and waters.
âś…Paracel Islands: Disputed mainly between China and Vietnam, this group of islands has seen past conflicts and remains a contentious area.
✅Scarborough Shoal: Claimed by China and the Philippines, tensions have risen since China’s takeover in 2012.
✅China’s “Nine-Dash Line” claim overlaps with the maritime territories of other nations, complicating the dispute and leading to regional instability.
The SSE was the first modern stock exchange to open in China, with trading commencing in 1990. It has now grown to become the largest stock exchange in Asia and the third-largest in the world by market capitalization, which stood at RMB 50.6 trillion (US$7.8 trillion) as of September 2021. Stocks (both A-shares and B-shares), bonds, funds, and derivatives are traded on the exchange. The SEE has two trading boards, the Main Board and the Science and Technology Innovation Board, the latter more commonly known as the STAR Market. The Main Board mainly hosts large, well-established Chinese companies and lists both A-shares and B-shares.
What Is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that you can buy, sell and exchange directly, without an intermediary like a bank. Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, originally described the need for “an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust.” Each and every Bitcoin transaction that’s ever been made exists on a public ledger accessible to everyone, making transactions hard to reverse and difficult to fake. That’s by design: Core to their decentralized nature, Bitcoins aren’t backed by the government or any issuing institution, and there’s nothing to guarantee their value besides the proof baked in the heart of the system. “The reason why it’s worth money is simply because we, as people, decided it has value—same as gold,” says Anton Mozgovoy, co-founder & CEO of digital financial service company Holyheld.
