A station in China would be _behind_ the firewall. If Starlink had a downlink station in China it probably would have been for factory testing. Companies like

A station in China would be _behind_ the firewall. If Starlink had a downlink station in China it probably would have been for factory testing. Companies like Iridium and Inmarsat have already played this game and figured out that it is best to just not sell devices in countries that don't want it. Downlink frequencies are well known, and repressive countries tend to jam transmissions they don't like. This negatively impacts users in the same region.