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I think what you're proposing has the exact same type of risk for Tor.
Three minor bits.
(1) In the abstract, both western and eastern societies are typically in favor of whistleblowing. But whistleblowing is represented in the value-system very differently. If you started drilling down into specifics, asian authorities would accept that whistleblowing requires anonymity for the whistleblower---so we're all factually on the same page for what's involved. The difference is that whereas the West conceives of whistleblowing as a privacy technology, the East conceives of it as a transparency technology.
(2) The bitcoin analogy is a little different because this tension arises from conflicting conceptions privacy/transparency bitcoin actually provides. In the whistleblowing example, there's no such ambiguity on the mechanics, yet the framings are still opposite.
(3) Historically speaking, Asia is the most anti-Tor region in the world. I assert that, even with asian authorities, there's often agreement on some concrete specifics (e.g., the value of whistleblowing). Putting these concrete examples into their native framing makes it much easier to find that mutual agreement. And this would be a good thing for increasing Asia's receptivity to Tor and related technologies.
It is striking that this is a cause both the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Community Party and Tor Project can get behind (ignoring details of Xi's specific implementation).
-V