I guess you did not get the word?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/28/17055088/apple-chinese-icloud-accounts-government-privacy-speed
and
Here from Apple,
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351
Chinese users iCloud accounts are being moved to China. The NC iCloud facility remains.
I don't have an iCloud account registered in China. Do you? Stupid if you do.