On one hand Chinese mobile operators can be very forward thinking, like China Unicom was with their trial using Bridgeport Networks platform to move cellular calls to IP to end up on a university network. On the other hand they can be regressive by working to limit the way communications can be accomplished.
The Wall Street Journal’s Far Eastern wizzard, Jeremy Wagstaff has a good summary and viewpoint in his Loose Wire blog today about a deployment of the Skype blocker from Verso.