The great firewall is a cowardly, non-confrontational technical infrastructure. I don't see China using a multi-billion$ missile system to shoot down a harmless foreign communications satellite that also served people outside of China. They're smarter than that.

You have no idea what you're talking about:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-counterat...

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/deadly-lessons-the-last-...