Budweiser is popular in China because it's practically a Chinese beer... it's brewed in Wuhan and made with rice. This means that in Germany it isn't beer. Th

Budweiser is popular in China because it's practically a Chinese beer... it's brewed in Wuhan and made with rice. This means that in Germany it isn't beer. The internet censorship isn't intended to change the attitudes of the upper class -- the government figures that anyone who can understand English enough to read foreign news is already lost. And they don't care about foreigners circumventing the filter for personal use, as long as you aren't actively spreading subversion. Definitely don't spread subversion. They want to keep the common person ignorant and the censorship helps. If the momentum of the people ever shifted, things could change, so there is enormous reason for the government to maintain the status quo. The protectionism is incidental (but is a nice perk0, the censorship of ideas is why they do it.