China seems to be the the curious technology laggard here, and I've not yet seen the reason why. Till now, China still requires that Apple omit the eSIM tech

China seems to be the the curious technology laggard here, and I've not yet seen the reason why. Till now, China still requires that Apple omit the eSIM technology and forces iPhones sold in HK and China to have 2 physical SIM card slots. Chinese handset makers are mostly omitting eSIM support as well, with only a couple high eSIM models between Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and others. Then even more interesting is that there are a few Chinese sellers of eSIMs data plans. Very interested to know the reason why China has held back support for eSIM...