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outwebyouon Bitcoin dropping after BTC China said it is closing

the high savings rate in China is a myth from 2004. In 2017, people poured all their savings into their kids/other relatives real estate purchases (which itself is a bubble). And the young people have credit card debts and no savings.

outwebyouon Bitcoin dropping after BTC China said it is closing

First of all, China is an authoritarian government, not a communist government. Second of all, China is doing this because they are suffering from [hidden] massive outflow, and need to clamp down on that. The Chinese economy is slowly collapsing from all the malinvestments, and the rich folks are trying to get their money out. Look at the richest man in China, Wang Jianlin, unable to leave China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/wanda-bon...