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Yes, Chinese miners have enough hashing power that they determine the fork status. I doubt the CCP does, but that'd be a pretty awesome conspiracy, yet there is no reason to believe that at all. If you make a lot of money in China, it is difficult to stay clear of complications, however, and the CCP has gone back and forth on their bitcoin stance. Chinese miners have crappy internet, so they are at a disadvantage if the blocksize increases too much. Several months ago, they agreed that 8MB was doable, but it seems they have mostly walked that back.