[ehhthing]

GFW only looks at connections with destination IPs outside of China, the private fibre line bypasses it entirely.

[traceroute66]

> the private fibre line bypasses it entirely

Well, I'm sure the Chinese are tapping it. ;-)

Its more that they are just not actively acting on the content.

[ethbr0]

Not much use tapping encrypted packets, which is why it terminates connections when able.