> and that's enough to meet their main goal, protecting domestic tech companies from competing with established US tech companies. You haven't experienced the

> and that's enough to meet their main goal, protecting domestic tech companies from competing with established US tech companies. You haven't experienced the GFW if you think that's the main goal. Oh, and please try telling your Chinese friends that "the govt doesn't particularly care about VPNs" and listen to what they yell at you. Try read this 13 years old blog post on what GFW was (at that time): https://gfwrev.blogspot.com/2009/10/gfw.html#:~:text=%E6%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E5%90%8D%E5%AD%97%EF%BC%9A%E2%80%9C-,dongtaiwang.com,-%E2%80%9D%E3%80%82%E4%B8%80%E8%88%AC%E6%9D%A5%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%B6%8A%E6%98%AF https://gfwrev.blogspot.com/2009/10/gfw.html#:~:text=%E6%95%... ... and revisiting it this time I realized it even recommended a tptacek publication. Didn't realize who this guy is last time I read it.