While it's true that a decentralized currency could create havoc in the heavily centralized
Chinese economic platform, the current size of the Bitcoin economy is so minuscule that any threat is perceived rather than real.
«As the global
economic balance continues to shift to Asia, Hong Kong is the ideal business
platform from which to access the myriad regional opportunities now available in the growing ASEAN area and the
Chinese mainland,» said HKTDC chairman Jack So.