DAILY BRIEF: Jan 14, 2022

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  Chinese Novelist Mai Jia’s Everlasting Code-Breaking Mission

  Despite the huge popularity of his espionage novels, the Chinese writer Mai Jia speaks openly about his aversion to being publicized as an "espionage novelist." CGTN

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  China Banned Cryptocurrencies, but It’s Going All in on NFTs

  Last year, China’s government banned cryptocurrency trading and mining in one of the world’s most intense crackdowns. Fortune

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  CICG Holds Cultural Salon to Welcome Beijing 2022

  With less than one month to go before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a cultural salon was held at China International Communications Group (CICG) to welcome the sports extravaganza. China.org.cn