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China has been signaling to Binance for quite some time now that they aren’t welcome, but the underhanded exchange has repeatedly tried to rebuild a presence in the country. China sent that message once again, and emphatically, by raiding and shutting down the Binance Shanghai offices.

The Block reports police raided Binance’s offices at some point in the past few weeks, forcing the location to shut down permanently. As a result, employees have either relocated to Singapore, including CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and CMO Yi He, or they’ve been forced to work remotely in unnamed locations. Altogether, nearly 100 employees had to find a new place to plug in.

But you’d never know it if you asked Binance directly. In response to the story, a spokesperson said “We don’t have entities in China, most of us work remotely in China.” This denial comes despite members of the media having seen evidence of the office.

It also makes a recent tweet from CZ quite curious, taken in the context that he may have had to flee Chinese authorities recently:

The Shanghai offices may have been a part of Binance’s recent push to establish a bigger business in China. But Chinese authorities and other businesses have been quite clear that the exchange, which has run away from regulation and has participated in questionable practice, is not welcome there. Weibo recently shut down Binance accounts, accusing them of breaking local laws.

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