Yes, but play that tape forward as someone living in China. Lets pretend you wanted to use Signal
you can’t download Signal’s APK directly from their site. It’s behind the great firewall
you can’t VPN to their site or services via popular local VPN services. Chinese VPNs are regulated and monitored by the state.
western VPN services get thrown behind the great firewall and or obscured from search because the government censors Baidu.
Etc etc.
There a ways to pull it off, but China does not make it easy. Android is over 80% of phone sales in China. Censoring comms on Android is the state’s priority.