Interesting title. After reading it, first I am not sure if the contents of the article is truth or not. Secondly ban on Crypto currency will not solve the real issue. I admit regulations are required if Crypto trading becomes mainstream one day. Ban only will encourage illegal activities.
I am sure Chinese government is smart to make the right decision. For the consumer who wants financial freedom, DeepOnion would be the best options because it has build in TOR, OBFS4 and MEEK integration layer, which allows you to transfer money without being monitored or tracked by the government.
Plus if you join the DeepOnion now, you still have time to join the free airdrops, which is roughly speaking 4% of wallet balance. Why don't you wait any longer, just do it. Check DeepOnion out, you won't regret.
The problem is that China is always looking at things from the wrong angle and sometimes, I always feel like whales usually make use of all these things to change the context so that people can panic for their favor. Isn't the footprint glaring? Anyone who is wise should know by now that their nonsense means nothing and no matter how much they keep trying their best to frustrate the crypto idea, they lost a long time ago.
We cannot run away from regulations and so far, at least for some breathing space, there is really no choice right now. We cannot just win on that one. This would not stop the idea of decentralization when it comes to Peer to Peer anyway, but one way or the other, it would affect fiat to cryptos via exchanges. Government will not just shut a blind eye and watch the whole world of currency crumble on them, will they?