I'm sure no one has ever said that Bitcoin is meant to be a money laundering medium, we all recognize it as the most reliable mode of payment, convenient, transparent, and self-custodial. Misuse of anything can be possible when you put into the hands of everyone.
ML = machine learning haha (Kiding).
Opps hardest way to land money ? or Lunder Money.
I mentioned ML (money laundering) here because the OP was saying BTC/crypto was used in a war which means, it must be Money laundered to them, and there is no doubt that everything can be used for bad purposes, even if it is a book or pencil.

IYKYK. Well, ML can also stand for machine learning, but in war and BTC we might not use Machine learning terms, because the context of the post was about BTC and war and the suitable abbreviation can be Money laundering.
I first write full words and then there are short forms, to save word count, I usually write and am not able to keep track of my words, so I try to reduce word count as much as I can. And try to convey my messages in lesser words.
Rules? I'm sure you're referring to the Policies,
Yeah same thing.
well China has a great History with the crypto market, especially with Bitcoin, they updated themselves with the developments in the crypto market to overcome some sort of local capital loss but I'm they must realize that whatever they've done was temp solution.
Hong Kong is not a second nation SAR (Special Administrative Region), with different political and administrative powers so you can say they are testing out things hehe.
China did make things that ended up with deflation in their country, I know the history, and I think you are the one who covered different events in which China dumped the market by banning BTC or Mining, etc. Well, I used to say, it testing zone of China (talking about HK--> Hong Kong).