Excellent post. I think you've got it that it is inevitable that Steemit will be cloned and / or forked, as has become GFW-tradition. Everything must have a China-equivalent, because China musn't have the Interwebs ;). (sarcasm)

What are the most effective means of GFW circumvention these days? I imagine that it'd be possible to put together a kit designed to make steemit easy to access from behind GFW. How is Lantern working these days? On my last trip to Shenzhen, it was very so-so.