My organization was forced to deploy a server in China with specialized content for the Chinese. That server and its content is under the CCP's censorship and control, and being an autocratic non-democratic government means that chances of reform are virtually nill. We're allowed, by the good graces of the CCP, to have a presence in China that they control. This is their end game. Controlled foreign sites hosted locally and international internet either completely cut off or just allowed for certain companies and elites.
Autocracy and freedom of information just don't work. The Chinese people, who are very nationalist, have chosen the former and are quite proud of it, often citing the "decadent west" as something they don't want to become and using the word "democracy" as an insult. Let's stop acting surprised about censorship in China. Some people prefer to be ruled by an iron fist.