"Hate" is exaggerated. Bitcoin wasn't in their ''Divine Plan'' so they had to do it
Agreed. Bitcoin goes against their plan to control the economy and reduce personal liberty. The Chinese want to place everyone under government surveillance, and the anonymity of Bitcoin makes it really hard for the government to track the transactions of the users. And that is exactly the reason why the Chinese government is trying to ban the BTC.
This is why the people will look to bitcoin if its legal or not. the government of china has effectively advertised to its people that bitcoin is a threat and so it will be illegal. which means more people know about it than ever in china due to it being national news where as if they left it not so many people would of known.