Fissures in the Great Firewall caused by X

"A cartoon cat has been vexing China's censors - now he says they are on his tail". We've been through this all before, i. e., people have been using VPNs to jump over the Great Firewall for decades, but something is different now. His X account is a window into Xi Jinping's China where authorities' vice-like grip on information keeps tightening. From major protests to small acts of dissent, corruption to crime, it is zealously scrubbed off the Chinese internet, only to turn up on Mr Li's account. As China sealed itself off, Mr Li - by now studying at a prestigious art school in Italy - became desperate to find out what was going on back home. On X, unfettered by China's censors, yet accessible through virtual private networks, Mr Li's following grew. "I didn't think about continuing to operate this account. But just as I was thinking about what I should do next, suddenly all my bank accounts in China were frozen."That's when I realised - I couldn't go back anymore.