Thanks for this elaboration. Upon reading original comment, it felt very strange that she was "encamped" for using VPN to access her school homework. Immediately I knew there was more than it meets the eye.
The best bit is that we're enacting very similar laws in the West [0]. As much as China is often deplorable I do wonder how much of a blind spot we have here to our own sins.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36428046