china bans gold selling

[Adam Russell]

This was posted on the vg forums. I cant vouch for the source, but it looks
legit and its not april 1st.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101859

[Nostromo]

Thus spake "Adam Russell" <adamru...@yahoo.com.invalid>, Mon, 29 Jun
2009 14:09:08 -0700, Anno Domini:

>This was posted on the vg forums. I cant vouch for the source, but it looks
>legit and its not april 1st.
>
>http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101859

mmorpg.com has the same story:

http://www.mmorpg.com/newsRoom.cfm/read/14260/utm_campaign/MMORPG%20News%20Alert%20Email/utm_source/MMORPG/utm_medium/email

We can only hope the penalties start at the little finger & work their way
up from there. >8^D

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Nostromo

[Alfie [UK]]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:02:59 -0500, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:09:08 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Adam Russell
>wrote:

>
>>This was posted on the vg forums. I cant vouch for the source, but it looks
>>legit and its not april 1st.
>>
>>http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101859
>

>Damn, and I was *so* hoping they would index the Yuan to "100 gp WoW." Back to
>the "gold standard" I say!

Seems that this is targeted at in-country usage of virtual currency
that is impacting on the real economy through on-line gambling and
such
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/30/china_bans_virtual_money_to_buy_real_world_goods_and_services/

They'll quite happily still suck in all that foreign money :)
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