[teawithcarl]

"sharetea" has the right idea.

I've studied China for 29 years, speak/read Chinese and Japanese well, and have lived there long stretches.

All his statistics are correct. Most importantly is the capital flight - of both Chinese individuals and overseas investors.

[seanmcdirmid]

Not to mention the expats (though I guess we are small part of this). I have to do a bank run today because we aren't allowed to do forex on weekends anymore (the rules get weirder and weirder!).

[seanmcdirmid]

And all done. Took about 3 hours, but I had to run back home to get my old passport (my current one wasn't good enough). The bank was filled with people doing the same thing.