This may sound a little geeky but all of your electronic communication in, to and from China can be monitored by Chinese intelligence.
I've heard this also and I believe it. And, its their country, their government, and their internet infrastructure. I won't deign to tell them whats right and whats wrong. I'm bringing a memory stick with me and will have a laptop waiting when I get there. I might not bring the memory stick home, the only time I got a memory stick from a Chinese vendor with some data, it had a virus on it. Who would have thought.
I've been to Taiwan before, as well as other countries. But I've been putting this trip off for quite a while.
Good points, thanks.