Get off the China hopium. Non-Chinese speaking people on X talking about it is nothing. None of them even reference any .gov.cn websites or worth-while reports from the Chinese government.

There's all kinds of bureaucracy behind a China "unban." - The biggest one is that - as a foreigner who has an undergrad in Chinese Language and Literature - if the Chinese government would "unban" it, the best they would do to allow their citizens to access it is something like an ETF - in which case you are only hoping for price action, and not the other useful properties of bitcoin under an oppressive, authoritarian regime.

To clarify the above, the government of China bans anything they cannot control. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Netflix - whatever they cannot control. However, discussing the existence of these platforms is just fine. Hell, if you were Chinese you could probably even work at a subsidiary owned by one of these companies or invest in the American stock market and buy stocks owned by these companies, and the government likely wouldn't care.

All HQs for the Major bitcoin ASIC manufacturers (Bitmain, Whatsminer, and Caanon) are Chinese-based, but the devices are manufactured in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

What I ultimately find frustrating is how "price movement potential" or "something that can make number go up" is discussed, as opposed to the underlying asset.

That is all. /End rant