China banking is now clearly anti-bitcoin, and new policy tries to kill bitcoin trading:

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2013-12-17/01139011174.shtml#4832...

looks like the next few hours will be interesting

Is it due to the Norway backlash against Bitcoin?, are there any interesting developments underway for a wider adoption of bitcoin

I could see many governments taking the same route as Norway's call. Bankers will feel threatened by any new currency until they figure out how to control it.