Binance Agrees to Pay About $4.3 Billion in Fines and Accept Oversight
On November 21, 2023, Binance pleaded guilty and agreed to pay the United States about $4.3 billion, while Changpeng Zhao resigned as CEO and pleaded guilty.
On November 21, 2023, Binance pleaded guilty and agreed to pay the United States about $4.3 billion, while Changpeng Zhao resigned as CEO and pleaded guilty.
On November 21, 2023, Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering charges at a Seattle federal court, agreeing to pay a $50 million fine and resign as CEO of Binance, while Binance agreed to pay $4.3 billion.
Zhang Kaiyu was followed and beaten by 9 to 12 individuals wearing red headscarves in a Costco parking lot near San Francisco Airport, leaving him unconscious and hospitalized from the emergency room until the next day.
Three Tibetan college students were surrounded and beaten with metal rods by over 20 thugs in San Francisco, resulting in two of them being hospitalized and diagnosed with fractures.
China Democracy Party member Chen Zhuangzhuang was sprayed with pepper spray during a welcome event in San Francisco, temporarily leaving him unable to open his eyes.
Protester Wang Wei was stabbed by a flagpole during a welcoming event in San Francisco. After falling to the ground, his head was shaved. He was subsequently sent to the hospital, and his condition has not deteriorated further.
When Xi Jinping traveled to San Francisco to attend a meeting, large numbers of Chinese anti-communist activists went to protest. During the event, clashes broke out on site; some anti-communist activists were violently attacked by the minions of the Chinese Communist Party and fought back in self-defense.
After her banner was snatched, female protester Jia Junwei was dragged into an area cordoned off by red flags, where her hair was pulled and she was beaten on the head until she lost consciousness; she was later diagnosed with a concussion.
In November 2023, Xi Jinping attended the APEC in San Francisco, anti‑Xi protesters were beaten with flagpoles and sprayed with chemical agents by organized pro‑CCP individuals, Tibetan activist Chemi Lhamo was besieged for nearly 15 minutes, and many were injured.
Xing Yanjun, general manager of a mobile gaming company in Beijing, was arrested across provinces by the police in New Barag Left Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, on charges of running a casino, and his assets were subsequently confiscated.
Lu Qiang admitted to the Washington Post that he organized 20 buses, booked 400 hotel rooms, and coordinated about 800 people to participate in the welcome activities during the APEC summit in San Francisco.
The South Korea National Cyber Security Center revealed that 18 Korean-language websites have been disguised as local South Korean news media, with an operation style highly similar to fake news websites discovered in Italy.
Reports from the Hong Kong Democracy Council and Students for a Free Tibet indicate that participants in the 2023 San Francisco welcoming events received about $200 per day, along with hotel, bus, and meal arrangements.
Before the ban took effect, shares of Magic Speed, a company under Huang Le, were transferred to a shell company newly registered by a Singaporean businessman, which subsequently obtained official NVIDIA cloud partner status four days later.
While Fujian Zhangzhou consumer Ying Jie was waiting for his Mate60 to arrive, the store required him to buy accessories worth more than 200 yuan as a bundle.
After the salesperson said there would be no model refresh in the near future, Beijing car owner Xiao Tang purchased the AITO M7 four-wheel-drive intelligent driving edition in November 2023, at a landed price of nearly 300,000 yuan, and waited nearly four months for delivery.
During the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, anti-CCP demonstrators were subjected to violence and intimidation.
A defense survey released by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation in November 2023 found that 77% of Americans consider the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) an enemy, 64% consider Taiwan an ally, and 72% believe the United States should immediately grant Taiwan formal diplomatic recognition if the CCP attacks Taiwan.
In November 2023, Gao Xiaosong launched the audio program Xiaode, hosted on the WeChat mini program Xiaozhou ARK and Qingting FM, with a total of 240 episodes produced.