Take on the Great Firewall

Leaving China gives you a sense of relief, a bit because you feel like your stomach gets a break but also because not being able to use most of the apps you are so used to, is really disconcerting. You are limited to the CNN in your room which plays the same three stories over and over and the Chinese daily paper. You can't get onto the NYTimes website, you can't use Instagram or Threads or Reddit. You depend on friends and family sending texts with info but those are few and far between. So when you finally land somewhere else, it feels like you have been sprung from jail. Even if that was only a five day sentence