Probably right, but the Chinese paper also doesn't talk about Bitcoin in a good way. It clearly says Bitcoin is used on the dark web for illegal activities.
I believe they're trying to justify themselves to use the blockchain technology and their chinacoin, while they were anti-crypto before.
It's like saying "cryptocurrencies are bad but if it's a government, it's a revolution"
Yeah, they had to ruin it:
However, this feature also makes Bitcoin widely used in illegal transactions such as money laundering. Currently, the most important uses of bitcoin payments are black market transactions and "dark net" transactions.
Also the last paragraph (obvious google translate, some terms are 100% wrong)
Bitcoin is just a bunch of data. If it is not linked to real money and physical goods, it is difficult to ensure the stability of its price. The promise of national sovereign credit makes the French currency not depreciate sharply in a short period of time, so people are willing to use legal currency instead of returning to the gold and silver currency. Unlike legal currency, in the absence of legal constraints, physical owners can hook and decouple with Bitcoin as they wish, making Bitcoin very susceptible to irrational emotions and large fluctuations in prices.
I'm starting to see the same trend you mentioned in the Chinese press and the few announcements they make.
Blockchain is good, bitcoin is bad, we can make a better one!
Probably by next year, we will see another Chinese ripple or something like that, with a fixed price, controlled addresses linked with government id, chargeback, the possibility of freezing funds, all the good stuff
I stand by my beliefs, nothin good for bitcoin comes from China!