Even the poster making the rebuttal is a little wrong. My friends and family in Mainland China are aware of the firewall and almost never mention it, let alone joke about it all the time. To them it is just a mild inconvenience but nothing that they care to really challenge. VPN usage has also risen but it is not as commonplace as this person seems to think it is. Not that it matters because China has the infrastructure to create its own social media ecosystem that satisfies its people.
Even the poster making the rebuttal is a little wrong. My friends and family in Mainland China are aware of the firewall and almost never mention it, let alone joke about it all the time. To them it is just a mild inconvenience but nothing that they care to really challenge. VPN usage has also risen but it is not as commonplace as this person seems to think it is. Not that it matters because China has the infrastructure to create its own social media ecosystem that satisfies its people.