>How do the Chinese benefit from that? If products and services from companies like Apple and Google are not available in the market, it raises the question wh

>How do the Chinese benefit from that? If products and services from companies like Apple and Google are not available in the market, it raises the question why. More people may become aware that there are certain limitations which prevent these services from being used. Offering the censored versions means it is easier to think that things are the same as in other parts of the world - we even have access to the same products and services they are using. I'm not saying that people would not otherwise know of the censorship - they certainly do. I see this more as an awareness thing. When something is constantly on people's minds, they might be more active in trying to push a change. Of course, it is a bit hard to relate to this thing. Uber is pretty much the only example that I can come up with. In my local market, the taxi business used to be heavily regulated and Uber could not operate here. People having used to using Uber abroad were annoyed and I think that helped at least a bit in pushing more relaxed regulation.