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Re:China Bans Bitcoin Executives from Leaving Country, Miner... by adamnemecek on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:11AM (#15290787)
> Why China has tight exchange controls is beyond the scope of this discussion.

What's a good resource on this?

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Re:China Bans Bitcoin Executives from Leaving Country, Miner... by rory096 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:32AM (#15290884)
Look into the Impossible Trinity[0] and the history of exchange rate pegs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_trinity

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Re:China Bans Bitcoin Executives from Leaving Country, Miner... by rb808 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:40AM (#15294978)
Its pretty common for many countries today, and for most countries in the past https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_control
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