To understand China’s approach to cryptocurrencies is to understand the psyche of the Chinese Communist Party and Beijing’s ambition to play a bigger role in the global financial arena.Through a series of short essays, Patrick Tan, an ethnic Chinese lawyer and digital asset fund manager with almost a decade of experience in the digital asset space, takes you through China’s various moves including Beijing’s ban on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, while its citizens run the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to the People’s Bank of China creating its very own central bank-issued digital currency.As one of the world’s most advanced nations in digital payment services, China’s attitude, adoption and approach towards blockchain technology and digital currencies, will shape the development of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology for decades to come.