Here’s a link to the NYT story: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...</a>
Yeah, that's what I figured too after looking into why it's possible to use iMessage and Facetime in Mainland China when everything else is blocked. But good to see this reported so that hopefully more people learn about it. Someone's life my depend on it.