Photo via: (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/26/content_767613.htm)
China says no more “virtual” currency for “real” goods & services
Via: xinhuanet.com “China bars use of virtual money for trading in real goods ”
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11610478.htm)
Could this be due to the coverage of virtual currencies in articles like these:
Shacknews: “Virtual Currency Threatens Chinese Economy” (http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=901)
or
ChinaDaily: “Virtual money poses a real threat” from 2006 !
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/26/content_767613.htm)
More at (http://www.virtualgoodsnews.com/2009/06/china-makes-first-move-to-regulate-virtual-currency.html)
Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ)
Thus, as we read in the Metaverse Manifesto:
All the powers of commerce have entered into a holy alliance to control this spectre: namely, corporations and “governments”.