Lol one of my friends said that a couple of days ago (in a status update) that he was leaving from Heathrow airport to Shanghai that day, so he wouldn't be on Facebook. That twit of a girl is like "I wonder how people in China live without Facebook? :O" I'm just like "It's called having a life". Even more redemptive when it got liked and some guy goes "Su-nap" bwahaha.
Considering it was banned after many users created accounts I'm sure the people feel it to be more like a punishment and censorship, not luck. But I'm not really surprised you don't see it that way