I can't believe people are defending the great firewall on a place like lemmy. The internet was built to connect everyone and that everyone could have access to all information, not just the part that your goverment wants you to see.
And to answer the question yes google is blocked, as are most western social media. VPN is not blocked since that would be impossible but they sure are trying, by blocking ips that are known to be VPNs. Source: I've been there
China is not as bad as all the propaganda makes it seem, but they sure aren't good. It's still a totalitarian regime that's done some real fucked up things.
Isn't this missing the entire point of guix?