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The Chinese firewall is a government run censorship apparatus. The American one you refer to is standard network security (or CGNAT out of necessity) on networks you don't 100% control, but I'd hardly call it a "great firewall."

Those aren't really comparable. What does "reliability" mean in this context?

> In America you need a VPN to be able to serve information that isn't blocked by the great firewall.

I'm pretty sure this is true in China too. What point are you trying to make?

> In America you need a VPN to be able to serve information that isn't blocked by the great firewall.

Empirically false.