You know, I do find it odd that the Chinese state hasn't been inclined to place any restrictions upon Bitcoin (
the most subversive technology on the planet) when they go to particularly extensive lengths to restrict pretty much
everything else. Maybe they just dropped the ball on this one, and recognise it's not really the sort that's easy to pick back up and take away, or maybe they got eyes on this early on and, while our western-dictorcrats spent all year unhelpfully dicking about with how to most regulate & adulterate Bitcoin, maybe they saw an opportunity for the taking; I wonder.
[edit; typo & I'll be looking for your report about this proof you've got + the exchanges responses (I trust you've got hold of gox staff straight away on irc, no? MagicalTux weighed in with a word?]
Maybe they are just fu**ing smarter than you. Maybe they realize that this technology could be a hedge against their US debt holdings. Or perhaps they just want Bitcoin innovations to come from China vs. some other country. I mean, China wants power. When it comes to finances they are actually very forward thinking.