No comment on the mainland thing. U kNow how it goes, the entire China infrastructure is intranet. You can easily chain them together regardless, BUT, talking about decentralized? Believe me, you need a China ID to participate in their development (talking about transparency TO the central government.)

I could be wrong. I used to hold some YOYOW, but their yardstick has been keep on delaying and I got frustrated.

Good luck in your crypto writing journey. I don't usually vote for crypto talks. They're just too many coins out there and I'm lazy to study. I'd focus in building a community here in Steem block chain.