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by throwaway98211 1777 days ago
>I am in China currently, but I am as ignorant of the underlying motives behind the crackdowns.

Why search for underlying motives when the overt motivates are clear; Chinese tech companies should 'come home' to mainland capital markets. The script is simple:

1) Ticket X is floated in an NYC-based exchange 2) China announces some regulatory crackdown affecting X, whose valuation falls precipitously 3) X goes private at a fraction of its original valuation 4) X is re-listed Shanghai / Hong Kong 5) The regulatory challenges affecting X miraculously dissipate