You all might just say China is rehashing its approach to the ban  

But, I have a friend who lives in Sichuan and they said the renewed approach to Bitcoin has very much been taken at face value and seriously, at least for the time being & current price levels, on the surface, people will not risk it...

[epistemic status: conjecture, moving from anecdote, lol] of course it doesn't mean established mines will not just have to up their bribes and keep business open as usual.