Does Bitcoin Pose a Threat to China's Economic Security?
2016 began in China with two sequential market crashes that forced the regulators to intervene in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. As they did in response to the stock bubble that burst in 2015, Chinese regulators intervened to organise a centrally planned recovery. Despite a stimulus of US$20bn that the People's Bank of China (PBoC) pumped into the market during the 5th January market crash, the yuan kept weakening. Gold, as the usual commodity of refuge for investors during uncertain times, started to gain momentum. At the same time, the virtual currencies that employ heavy....
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