They wanted to enthuse development because the space is evidently a innovative breakthrough.
They did not want mining in their country because of the energy and resource consumption, which is something that China struggles with to this day due to its exponential rise and extremely high population.
Encouraging development while banning mining is actually two very strategic moves. If you've translated this as "ban, unban, ban, unban" then you aren't reading between the lines.
If you look into the "fine print" of all of the announcements that China have made toward Bitcoin/cryptocurrency, you will see the strategy. This is not to say they are pro-crypto, but if the US are turning against it, then I can definitely see them becoming for it.
What are you smoking?
China has been anti-crypto since around 2019, even going as far as kicking crypto miners out of the country. They'd rather make a CDBC than promote any cryptocurrency.
BRICS has nothing to do with cryptocurrency, and any developments related to it and "de-dollarization" can be ignored as far as crypto is concerned.
Yes, I saw the news link. But Hong Kong is not going to have much of an independent regulation after a few decades after that "london agreement" or whatever it's called expires in 2048.
I wouldn't say that they're anti-crypto. I would say (like explained above) that they have been strategic and probably wise to western involvement and maybe wanted to keep themselves and their population out of it until for that period of time. A few decades is still a bit out of scope of the near future too, not really something to be considering for the time being. Lots will happen between now and then I am sure