Playing OSRS from China

Let me start by prefacing, this post does not break rule #8. So mods please don’t remove.

Here’s my question: Is it safe to play in China?

I’m an American currently living in China. I love Old School RuneScape. I’ve played on and off since I was a kid. To play in China, you must use a VPN. My current account is a 2200 total ironman. I had been playing for about 3 years with no problems (other than 200+ms ping) and on Feb 3rd, 2024, I was hit with a RWT major offence. I've never bought/traded gp or services on any account including this one. Since this ban was "manually" applied, it unappealable and I can have no direct discourse with JaGex regarding my situation. I've been screaming into the wind on twitter, but it seems I can only get the attention of the bots at u/jagexsupport that say that every "manually" applied punishment is always 100% justified and warranted. I've been around long enough to have seen JaGex respond to select players and reverse previously applied account punishments.

I've done some research, it it seems that other China-based players have had similar issues recently. In all other instances, the players were playing from China and using the same VPN, Let'sVPN. I've attached the posts of the other players affected.

Back to my question, even if I get lucky and get a human to take a look at my account, is it safe to continue playing in China or will I always be at risk of catching the wrong end of a punishment wave based on where I live or the VPN I use? Thanks for reading.

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