[Maggard]

Thank you for the response and please forgive my oversight. I am not talking about the limited trial period where devices and sales had to occur in the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) of Shanghai, PRC. PlayStation began selling in the FTZ in March of 2015.
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Current these systems are only PSN Locked, making a PS4 and PS-Vita manufactured in China and sold legally (not an illegal import) only able to connect to China's PSN service. Updates are able to arrive from foreign servers but owners of China PS4 and PS-Vita are limited in just PSN access today.
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This does not restrict systems sold outside China. As of today, Chinese and other PS systems are able to connect to China PSN and create a China PSN account.
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Yet things are about to be different. A recent NYT article discussed the end of China's 13 year ban on Video Games is being ended. This is also changing the restrictions China places Video Game and Consoles released in mainland China. The NYT article I mention is just a couple days old. It does state Region Locks are being required on all Video Game System & Games.
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I have only witnessed the restriction on FTZ PS4 devices being forced to connect with the China PSN. While a PS4 outside of China is able to create the PSN account on China PSN.
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I hope once all is said and done, Sony does not add any restrictions on there systems, servers nor games.
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