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Isn't this bad from an economic perspective? I thought the gov't wanted to encourage spending and increase the velocity of their money. This directly hinders that.

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Indirectly it could increase spending as they are preventing people from leaving and spending their money overseas

It will be used to promote good spending: money spend on Chinese goods and services. De-promote bad spending: foreign goods.

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