It's a piece of piss to get around in China, and then the government use state surveillance to work out who's accessing VPNs and trace it back. It's just the first step towards a Police State. They don't care that Magic is watching porn, they do care if he's organising anti-establishment protest AND watching dodgy porn.

P.S. I love that you say "We're just a far too liberal country" after voting Brexit and being a-okay with unelected, absolute nutter, Theresa May as PM for the duration.