The reddit user literally just completely made up the “to circumvent local government restriction” bit (and gets sent to the front page of r/all).
Whenever I see a post like this, I wonder if it was done by an individual or as part of a paid propaganda effort.
Link because I’m not a lib
Archive link in case it gets deleted
The sources literally linked by the OP:
Business Insider
The Guardian
Surely the regular title is fine for them? Like, it’s already kinda sus, implying that Chinese people are “lured” like an animal, or that they’re greedy and love gold or something (weird how all racism seems to turn into anti-Semitic tropes if it gets elaborate enough.)