[dirtyid]

The OP is Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, a China reporter that's likely on the CCP shitlist. Most likely there are actions specifically targeting her account that she's conflating with general policy. Also she could... just be embellishing. As someone who follows the space, her reporting is occasionally very questionable. But my money is her account was being monitored there's a trigger to ban if she takes account changing actions. This way CCP can slowly weed out foreign reporters instead of blanket ban.