Comments on: How to Get Around the Great Firewall of China https://toomanyadapters.com/get-around-great-firewall-china/ Tech gear, gadgets, reviews, and advice Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:05:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: S V https://toomanyadapters.com/get-around-great-firewall-china/#comment-790221 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=24494#comment-790221 What about V2Ray? Still usable? https://medium.com/@ali.razmjoo/what-why-when-how-use-v2ray-vpn-2c25917d38c1

]]> By: MatrixInChina https://toomanyadapters.com/get-around-great-firewall-china/#comment-670826 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=24494#comment-670826 Here’s a good tool to see if the sites you need to see are blocked in China before you arrive: https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedinchina/

I lived in China 4 years, installed my first VPN from there, and never had a problem. VPN technology is used by all of China’s banks and online retailers, so there is no way for ISP’s to differentiate between you doing online banking/shopping in China, or using a VPN to access Twitter.

One problem is that services like Netflix, and possibly the Chinese, have developed lists of well known IP blocks owned by VPN’s, so it is probably best to pick small, new and lesser known, VPN’s, or contact a VPN and let them know where you are going, they may provide with some little known servers. I haven’t looked, but you can probably find some VPN’s that specialize in ‘unblocking’ China.

Regardless, it was never an issue for me after I initially discovered the problem.

]]> By: JH https://toomanyadapters.com/get-around-great-firewall-china/#comment-670040 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=24494#comment-670040 I think one thing I’d like to know (as someone who knows the technical side of this stuff), are there repercussions for using a VPN in China for tourists? What is the worst that will happen if I use a VPN to stay on twitter or other such sites?

]]> By: Tony https://toomanyadapters.com/get-around-great-firewall-china/#comment-670013 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=24494#comment-670013 Great advice. I would’ve been lost in China without ExpressVPN.

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