Arthur Stanley Butler and Florence virginia Conant Butler. dr. Butler and three of his four brothers were Akron dental practices, All active in civic life and business venture clubs. During the Asian economic crisis that sent most countries in the region into negative rates of growth, China continued to expand rapidly despite having a economic climate that by most objective measures was the worst in Asia. This apparent contradiction has led many researchers to argue that a reason must lie in China's usage of capital controls. This paper first compares the policies that China has undertaken }