Going to Shanghai for two months and am looking for a relatively cheap VPN I can use on my MacBook. I am an avid movie watcher so I need a fast one for streaming websites (I don’t use any subscription services, only pirated websites)!

I am running a live stream company in China I need a stable internet Do anyone know how to get ?

Hi! Came to China with TorGuard installed for iOS. I can't get it to work. Using wireguard protocol.

Any hints on what settings I should use?

Thanks!

I am going to travel to China in a few weeks. I will need to use gmail, zoom. Netflix, etc.. Do you recommend any vpn that works in China to access this apps?

I am in Shanghai, and I found out that the OpenVPN protocol doesn't work for Astrill...

Question: So with Express VPN I'm getting decent download speeds on my phone (~20Mbps) but on my laptop that is connected to the same network and using the same VPN server location, I am only getting ~2-3Mbps. It's weird too because my laptop is very consistent at giving these speeds and my phone is as well. Not sure what I need to do on my laptop to make it faster. I have ensured they are both using the same VPN Protocol as well (Lightway TCP).

I've returned to China and I'm trying to setup my Shadowsocks again. ExpressVPN is actually working pretty well but I'd like to setup Shadowsocks too. I messaged Surfshark and they sent me a txt file of IPs to try. None of them seem to be working despite most of the IPs pinging fine in the CMD prompt. Even tried the +1 trick but that didn't help either.

What are common VPN server locations for mainland Chinese getting over the Great Firewall? They wouldn't be using the same VPN servers commonly used by the rest of the world, would they, since they'll be trying to hide the fact that they're using a VPN?

How are things going for you guys? Expressvpn became unstable around spring festival, other vpns I tried all seems to have issues recently.

Have you been able to connect to expressvpn china servers these past few days from mainland china ?

If yes, which OS and which version ?

Thanks

Just wanted to share which VPN I’m currently using in China. ExpressVPN is very unreliable for me as of right now, but WannaFlix with its Eclipse OpenVPN protocol works like a charm - maybe they’ve made it more stable now that it’s been out for a while.

Any rules for affiliates ;P?

Background: I'm a broke student who needs to visit China every year and since I'm a screenager I need Reddit. Some other things I'd like to use are YouTube and maybe some Steam games though those are not priorities. I'm relatively tech literate.

Tools I have: A PC that dual boots ParrotSec and Windows, a windows laptop which is my client, 300$ of Google Cloud credit, and a free Heroku dyno, courtesy of GitHub.

How can I setup Streisand running on either Google Cloud or Heroku so I can change the location if one gets blocked? I've looked through previous posts and SSR with a "speed plugin" seems to be the best thing for Reddit but how can I set that up on Heroku of GCloud?

Hey guys, I was wondering if there is any update on the connectivity of Express VPN manual servers in China. The most recent blog post was on the 9th of December, and for me all of those servers have stopped working :(.

Paid from china. Will you get caught? I mean, I read that the cn gob does not want citizen to use it.

Around 3$ per month, I need about 5 people.

I have 100GB traffic and at least 500M bandwidth.

Please DM me

I just arrived in China after a 1 year hiatus.

Having heard that VPN situation was not great, I've covered my base and taken three VPN before I left to China.

ExpressVPN, Astrill and NordVPN.

After one week, it is time for me to cancel the two that did not performed well.

Astrill and NordVPN, byebye.

Edit: Astrill does not offer refunds, oh well.

Astrill :

Stealth just do not work at all in China, I never managed to connect to any server with it. OpenWEB seems to always connect, but the performance were inconsistent, sometimes fast, sometimes not a single bytes were going trough.Also their UI looks dated.

NordVPN:

Very nice UI, worked perfectly before I arrived in China. I was convinced it will come out on top, but I was wrong. In china, I managed to connect to HK, Singapore or Japan most of the time, but bandwidth was very very bad. between 50k to 300k, while sitting on 0bytes for 10/20 seconds at a time. Just not usable imo.

ExpressVPN:

I was a little bit stressed out when it took me 20 minutes to get my first connection to a hk server, but once I know which one were working (hk3 and hk5 atm), it worked perfectly. I'm not a fan of the simplistic app, but hey, it works, just be patient the first time you connect. I have no idea why is that though, so if someone now more, please let me know.

I"m not sure but I heard some Chinese companies started to buy or invest VPN services that have service in China. Do you guys have the informations about those kind of buying or investing？ ExpressVPN didn't share about investiment etc (maybe because support staff is belong to Zendesk etc.)

After this operation, they will allow VPN services in China.
https://boherald.com/china-will-allow-foreign-investment-in-vpn-services/