You get a sanitized tour and multiple (daily) police checks, including police visiting your hotel at 11pm to check your visa number, and many, many areas are of

You get a sanitized tour and multiple (daily) police checks, including police visiting your hotel at 11pm to check your visa number, and many, many areas are off-limits to visitors. There is no "talking with natives" as the natives are scared to talk to any Han or foreign tourists. And if you are seen filming or trying to interview or make a Youtube video where you talk to people, you WILL get arrested.