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Chinese government is panicking over its crashing economy, and it shows in its actions. As of this year, it

- banned soft cheese

- banned all korean music and entertainment

- (got rid of) Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Laureate, and prevented his wife from leaving China

- banned ICO

- banned a bitcoin exchange

- prevented its companies from investing overseas (Wanda, etc)

- (rumored) prevented the richest person from leaving China

- banned beards and veils in xinjiang

- banned 'muhammad' and 'jihad' as baby names

- banned entertainment news that promotes western lifestyles

etc

> Their bottom up innovation will come to a screeching halt

China didn't have much innovation coming out to start with. China mainly did the steal/force transfer/borrow technology thing.