The Ramifications of China’s Updated ‘Negative List’

A copy (C) of the South China Morning Post is displayed at a newsstand in Hong Kong on Dec. 12, 2015, following an acquisition by Chinese Internet giant Alibaba of the English-language newspaper. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

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The regime in Beijing is tightening the screws on more industries, including news media and cryptocurrency mining, in a bid for further control of China’s economy.