So what if email is insecure, neither is Wechat. And encrypted email is still a thing.
There is a big difference between countries with independent judicial systems, and China where judges are below the local party secretary.
Chinese laws are decoration. What actually counts is what the party decides.
Just because there isn't "the party" making decisions in the US doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of flexibility in when and how the law is applied. It just gets left up to the local sheriff or prosecutors.
But that doesn't mean that the legal system in the facist dicatorship of China is comparable in any way to a proper democratic judiciary.
Chinas system is an unconstitutional state by definition.
people downvoting you are morons downvoting for technicality, while you are right
It's also worth noting that a cellular connection that is roaming is not generally subject to the restrictions the firewall imposes.
The government opening up businesses to connect to services such as facebook or twitter to promote china businesses and so on is just the government giving permissions.
But for the every-day citizen, the use of a VPN is technically illegal as it circumvents the law.
Except VPNs are illegal in china. If a site is banned in china. Using a VPN to circumvent the law is breaking the law.
Email is not secure.