2026-molotoves-wall-behind-wall
findings extracted from this paper
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BitTorrent (qBittorrent) experiences asymmetric throttling in Fuzhou: connections to peers in Russia are severely impaired while connections to peers within mainland China remain normal, indicating selective cross-border flow throttling rather than protocol-level blocking.
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DNS over HTTPS provided by both NextDNS and Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1) has become completely unusable in Fuzhou when accessed via Firefox, with one isolated unreproducible exception for Cloudflare DNS.
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There is evidence that ISPs in Fujian (and neighboring Zhejiang) are deploying DPI plugins directly on ISP-provided integrated optical modem-routers used in home installations, extending inspection to the residential access layer rather than only upstream backbone choke points.
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As of August 2026 in Fuzhou, Fujian, most censorship-resistant service providers are non-functional; a small number of providers using v2ray remain partially functional, while Tor Browser bridges and Snowflake are no longer usable.