Why do you think so? In China, even your health passport turns red (and bans you from all travel) if the government suspects you of going to a protest rally or the like. Why do you think that the Chinese version of the metaverse will be freer? With its actions in relation to cryptocurrencies, China has already shown that China and any decentralization and freedom are incompatible. Any Chinese product is censored garbage that can be used against you at any time. I will never use Chinese Metaverses or any other Web 3.0 products.
No government agency bother to look at Meta when Zuck was developing his facebook Meta. No SEC ever tried to look at it but when Zuck develop facebook coin SEC was threatened and issues about privacy were dug where he was summoned to the senate. But With Meta, he seems safe.
I guess it's the same with this Chinese metaverse.
Are you really that out of touch with reality? Have you ever heard about the fact that in China the Internet is very much cut off from the "external" Internet, many social networks such as Facebook are banned, and the Chinese messenger WeChat has direct message censorship? There is no chance that in the presence of such totalitarian censorship and control, such a product will appear in which they do not exist.
Consider TikTok. Once they see it will benefit all, they'd open it to everyone. Consider 5G, it's China's space but they let everyone use it.
These are Chinese products same to the Metaverse they plan. Too bad if we can't access it since Zuck's Meta spends $15B with no companies backing it.
Censorship is everywhere actually. PRC bans apps but the Chinese can use facebook same as Wechat which anyone can use too but don't look for something that Baidu considers to be unnecessary like searching for nude images there. We can find it on google.com.
The government bans BTC mining, but it doesn't stop the Chinese from mining though.
Gambling is banned too. But hey Hongkong is just a few miles away. There's also Singapore and Macau. The PRC knows if you want it, you can find a way.