Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of CCP’s mouthpiece Global Times, wrote a Weibo post questioning the confiscation. His Weibo post was later deleted. [0] W

Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of CCP’s mouthpiece Global Times, wrote a Weibo post questioning the confiscation. His Weibo post was later deleted. [0] Whether the post was deleted by himself or by a censor, the central government is complicit in banning VPN and this is more than an independent move by a local government (unless you think the local government has substantial influence on Hu Xijin or the censor). In fact another Guangdong man was also fined in 2018 for using VPN [1]. All these are in addition to prosecution of sales of VPN [2][3]. What makes you think this is an independent move by a local government? [0] https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%A8%8B%E5%BC%8F%E8%A8%AD%E8%A8%88%E5%B8%AB%E7%BF%BB%E7%89%86%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E9%81%AD%E6%B2%92%E6%94%B6465%E8%90%AC%E6%89%80%E5%BE%97-%E7%B6%B2%E5%8F%8B%E8%AD%81%E7%84%B6%E5%A4%A7%E7%BD%B5%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%89%E6%90%B6%E9%8C%A2-014414259.html https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%A8%8B%E5%BC%... [1] https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003431 https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003431 [2] https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-man-arrested-after-making-1-6-million-from-selling-vpn-services/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-man-arrested-after-mak... [3] https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-entrepreneur-sentenced-to-over-five-years-prison-for-selling-vpn-service/a-41900553 https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-entrepreneur-sentenced-to-over...