Once we researched this, the requirements seem pretty daunting. (all paperwork, licenses, regulatory paperwork in Chinese; establishing and maintain separate business entity or subsidiary; obtaining and maintaining ICP license and renewal; complying with varying central and regional rules). We have found a number of companies that can do this for you and act as your local representative, but these services are light on information and frankly its a little scary to empower someone you don't know well to act on your business's behalf in another country as strict as China.

I'm looking for feedback and experiences of anyone who has run cloud resources inside of mainland China. Specifically about how did you acquired and maintained their ICP? What challenges did you have? What are the general day-to-day pros and cons of running cloud resources in China?