Chinese actually just passed a bunch of data privacy protections. I'd say they're to protect chinese users from western and private companies, whereas the gover

Chinese actually just passed a bunch of data privacy protections. I'd say they're to protect chinese users from western and private companies, whereas the government is free to influence and access. It's conceptually similar to the protections in the west. Protect users, but share data with the 5 eyes. It's just that they won't block you from searching for Uyghur or Winnie the Pooh or something similar in the process. It's kinda interesting because this concept seems to work fine in China for the simple reason that they have so many domestic services. Other countries that just try to copy the China model without the domestic information services(i.e. Iran) have a huge mess on their hands.