@hawkflights
Hello!
We would like to underline that it's not a matter of "resisting". Wiretapping and correlation between incoming and outgoing traffic is performed freely, no need to ask for provider (VPN service or datacenter) cooperation at all. The real situation is that wiretapping without judicial overview will be transparent: the servers owners and operators will not even realize it is happening as it can be easily performed outside the server.
Nothing changes indeed for careful Chinese customers and users, because they already needed to connect to servers outside Hong Kong according to the golden rule suggesting to always use servers located in jurisdictions different than your own. With the current move we are actually protecting those users who are unaware of the issue. Cowardice, if any, may be typical of those VPN services that keep operating in Hong Kong just for those few more bucks brought by unaware or naive customers.
Kind regards