A satellite connection is still dependent on BGP routing to get to China/RoW and still goes via the Great Firewall to connect to China (if outside of China, not

A satellite connection is still dependent on BGP routing to get to China/RoW and still goes via the Great Firewall to connect to China (if outside of China, not sure on how the miners in China do it - possibly they don't have satellite equipment at all). Poisoning BGP routes is well within the capability of state actors, and China could of course decide to block its firewall.