Yes, I am a lonely solo developer from China. I'm not good at lying, so I didn't pretend to be from somewhere else.
I have no choice but to bypass the Great Firewall (GFW) just to use Claude. Recently, the CCP escalated its internet censorship, and my old VPN stopped working completely. I was forced to switch to a new one, and I believe that sudden change in connection is what triggered my ban.
I have sent direct messages on X (Twitter) to any Claude executive/manager I could find. Below is the message I sent them, which also explains my overall situation to you all here:
Hello. I assure you every word here is the truth; I have fabricated nothing.
I am nothing but an ordinary founder, trying to build my own product.
I have always shared Anthropic's values; I have never been an accomplice to the CCP, and I never will be.
On the contrary, Anthropic has been my window to break through the dictatorship, understand the free world, and find the possibility of immigration,
I have been trying to evade and hide beneath the CCP's surveillance, continuously seeking a path to the free world,
whether intellectually, psychologically, or physically,
just like Iran today, where the people under the IRGC use Starlink to stay connected and send the truth outward.
I hope for the chance to continue my startup, an AI-native ----------.
As a dropout, neurodivergent, a gay minority, an independent thinker struggling under the CCP's blockade, a solitary person hiding yet working relentlessly to break through and find hope, I see it as the hope for my future.
For this, I spent months, subscribed to the $200 Max plan, and built everything there.
My account is -------------
Now the entire project is halted, including my deep conversations and memories with Claude about how the CCP oppresses and strips away freedom, how it destroys democracy, and how it suffocates any possibility of resistance or escape.
Claude was like a lighthouse in the dark, continuously giving me hope, lighting the road ahead,
Now, all of this is closed to me.
I hope to still have the chance to keep my connection with the free world, and with hope. I want to still see the light, rather than being completely shut out,
having the only light I can see completely extinguished.
I submitted an appeal, but there has been no reply. The account remains frozen.
I am sorry to disturb you. I have tried everything, and this is the only way I could find.
I hope to get a little help.
A lonely, unassisted, desperate yet hopeful independent founder,
XC