Are there mechanisms that will allow China to keep the ability to censor with their firewall in that scenario?
Forbid the Chinese to "buy their internet access from SpaceX instead of Chinese internet providers".
In related news, it seems China just (in 2017) made the move to outlaw VPN's https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/23/china-vpn-illegal-internet-censorship-government-approval/
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