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VIRTUAL CURRENCY IN CHINA: THE QQ COIN We've discussed debit cards, virtual currencies and other coin substitutes. Here's an article about the growth of a virtual currency in China. -Editor  The Chinese government is a little worried about how much virtual cash is being traded in the country, The New York Times reports.In fact some virtual currency, like the QQ coin, is actually affecting the market for the renmibi, China's actual currency. Much of the $2 billion in virtual currency is used to play games, but significant chunks, David Barboza writes, are now being traded for real physical goods, like clothes, food and services. The shift of using virtual currency to pay for real products is part of what's freaking out the Chinese central bank. Beijing is so concerned about the virtual life of its citizens that the Times says, "it has repeatedly sought to tame the online gaming market with new regulations (and even Internet addiction camps) but the activity continues to grow." Here in the states the virtual gaming market is starting to undergo a similar boom. Zynga, creators of the Mafia Wars Facebook game, is due to rake in somewhere north of $100 million this year on its virtual offerings. To read the complete article, see: Virtual Currency In China Is A $2 Billion Economy (www.businessinsider.com/virtual-currency-in-china-is-a-2-billion-economy-2009-7) To read the original New York Times article, see In China, New Limits on Virtual Currency (www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/technology/internet/01yuan.html) Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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