In the run up to the British referendum on leaving the EU there was a net capital outflow of £77 billion in the preceding two quarters, £65 billion in the quarter immediately before the referendum and £59 billion in March when the referendum campaign started. This corresponds to a figure of £2 billion in the equivalent six months in the preceding year. China is reported to have lost trillions of dollars in capital in the decade between 2010 and 2020, to which the Chinese government has responded by developing a complex system of capital controls. Ever since then, Chinese citizens are increasingly looking for new and creative ways to get their money out of China. See also Capital strike Gentrification Human capital flight (brain drain) Sudden stop (economics) Tax exporting White flight References External links Capital flight after revolution Anarchist view of capital flight European Network on Debt and Development reports, news and links on capital flight. Global Financial Integrity: Studies and works to curtail illicit capital flight from developing countries. Capital (economics) Tax