This is a very good explanation about the difference between privacy and anonimity. I completely agree with you, many confuse the two, and because of the existence of coins that are completely untrackable, many people seem to think that cryptos in general are untrackable. It would be a shame if...
I think it is only banned in Japan, along with Monero and Zcash. It's technically still not illegal to hold dash but you cannot really trade them on exchanges there.
As far as I know it is not banned in other Asian countries.