I understand that this is similar to Google Summer of Code, and it seems like people from all countries can participate.

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      3 years ago

      The article says that he is being punished for watching porn, the VPN is not mentioned as illegal. Also it doesnt specify what the actual punishment is, only giving scary worst case punishments. For all we know the court might have decided not to punish him.

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        No, a man in Changde used a VPN to “override the wall” to visit an overseas website and was administratively punished!

        So the person was punished, probably for watching porn, but further down it says:

        The police of the Internet Security Brigade of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau discovered during work that someone had used the software “over the wall” to access overseas networks. The policeman who handled the case immediately launched an investigation and quickly found out that Chen used the “over the wall” software to browse pornography abroad. The illegal facts of the website. According to the investigation of the police, after the offender Chen bought the “over-wall” software “Shadowrocket” from Wu in February 2019, he downloaded the software to his iPhone and used the software to establish illegal channels on the phone.

        even further down:

        In order to strengthen the management of the international networking of computer information networks and ensure the healthy development of international computer information exchanges, China has formulated the Interim Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Management of International Networking of Computer Information Networks, which stipulates that “computer information networks must be directly connected to the international network. Use the international access channel provided by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications National Public Telecommunications Network. No unit or individual may establish or use other channels for international networking." If the above regulations are violated, the public security agency will order the suspension of networking, give a warning, and can also impose a penalty of less than 15,000 yuan. Fines; where there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated.