It is the least irritating to read this type of news about the limitations, barriers, censorship, caps and obstacles imposed by the Chinese government on users. In this case we have a new censorship for a product and obviously this is related to the network connection, the Apple Watch Series 3 uses LTE for it and the country's authorities have decided to leave users without data.
All this and according to the media as of The Wall Street Journal it is due to safety concerns. It is more than clear that the government of the country does not want the internet connection to be used and after the launch of the new model of Apple Watch Series 3 LTE, the connections worked well until the data service was suspended for no apparent reason.
But this goes further and after cutting the service to all those who used the watch with LTE when it began to be commercialized, just now an explanation is offered about the decision made. The eSIM integrated in the watches could store user data and that is why its use is rooted, in the case that it was a normal SIM it would possibly not happen.
Apple is aware of the situation and those affected hope to be able to use this service, which is one of the new functions provided by Series 3 models. On the other hand, from the operator China Telecom, which was in charge of providing this service to users initially. They explain that the service worked for testing purposes and that they cannot confirm when they will reestablish the connection. Various sources indicate that The Chinese government is looking for a way to regulate the data that users consume with these eSIMs of the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE, once they achieve this they would remove the restriction.