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Which VPN Works in China in 2023?

admin — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:48:38 +0000

Normally, when one Google VPNs that work in China, you are met with affiliate faux-comparison pages. Often, some of the VPNs covered do not actually currently work, or work consistently in China too. You’ll need to take your pick, take the plunge and hope for the best. This page purely features VPN.AC, a VPN that works very well in mainland China, is fast and reliable and very reasonably priced. Therefore, we need not go into huge detail, but get straight to the point: Click THIS LINK to download VPN.AC now.

More Information on VPN.AC and China VPN Services

Call it what you will: The Great Firewall, or the Golden Shield Project. VPN services help you tunnel through to access your non-Chinese internet services. That is, unless something very political is happening in China. If so, you may not be able to access anything outside of China. But on a ‘normal’ day, someone somewhere is tasked with identifying VPN services and ensuring that they are blocked in Mainland China. It’s like a game of whack-a-mole and it’s only a matter of time until it catches up with your current VPN. Take Express VPN as an example: It was solid for years, well priced and well featured, then throughout 2022 it became regularly compromised. Their team are skilled ad hard-working, but when the CCP party conference was underway later in the year it became less reliable. Downtimes and outages increased and service seemed to pitter to an end. This is a real pain, especially if you’ve just paid for an annual subscription.

However, as of May 2023, VPN.AC works and you only need to pay monthly. Click here to give it a try!

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Help! My VPN Won’t Connect in China and I Need a Translation

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:29:49 +0000

Yes, this is something that happens more and more in China these days. Add to this the fact that Google has now closed its Translate service in China due to low usage. So you need a VPN to use it now.

So you’re needing to translate a website, a sign, or some literature in China. Just when you need it most, your Google Translate is out of action because your VPN won’t seem to stay connected.

Thankfully, WeChat’s translation function is fast and effective. But how do I get my image into it?

1: Take a photo of the text, or a screen grab of the webpage or app page
2: Open WeChat, start a new message but to yourself
3: Share the image/screen-grab to your conversation
4: Click the image in the chat and you’ll see four circles appear on the bottom right-hand side.
5: Click the far-right circle and more options open.
6: Translate image text does just that rapidly and effectively

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VPN: Accessing The Web Content You Want in China

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 05:04:17 +0000

The websites, social media, messaging services, apps and cloud services you use and rely on every day in Europe and North America probably won’t work in China. In fact, it’s highly likely you’ll encounter problems unless you plan to use Chinese mainland services only, or invest in a VPN: a Virtual Private Network service that extends a private network across a public network to enable users like you to send and receive data. In other words, by subscribing to a VPN service, you tunnel through China’s restrictive internet, to access services from outside the country.

What is a VPN?

A VPN app connects you to a secure VPN server. Your internet traffic goes through an encrypted tunnel that nobody else can see into, thus protecting you from government bodies, hackers and your internet service provider. This keeps your online activity private and because you can change your IP location to ensure access to sites and services that might be restricted in countries like China.
When you open your VPN app or program, you can select a preferred country. The VPN server within your chosen country allows you to change the IP address that identifies your new location, therefore allowing you to access online services that might be restricted to just that region.

What Sites Do Not Work in China?

The list is non-exhaustive and ever-expanding, but common services that you might use day-to-day and that fall behind what is referred to as “The Great Firewall of China” include:

Social Media

Facebook (and Messenger)
Twitter
Instagram
Hootsuite
Pinterest
Snapchat
WhatsApp

Productivity Services

Gmail
Google Suite (Docs, Sheets and Pages)
Google Search
OneDrive
Spotify
Twitch

Websites

BBC
CNN
New York Times
Reuters
Reddit
Slack
Wall Street Journal
Wikipedia
YouTube
Which VPN to Use?

Which VPN Works in China?

There are a good number of VPNs available. This author is writing this using ExpressVPN from Wenzhou in China in late July 2001. Before arriving in China I did undertake research. There are a number of VPN apps that seem to be reliable and that gain higher ratings on comparison and review sites. These include NordVPN, Astrill and of course, ExpressVPN.

I opted for ExpressVPN because it was recommended by a travel ‘influencer’ who I imagined had a reputation that would be tarnished through online comments if they were not being truthful about the reliability of ExpressVPN. Their report on Express VPN was indeed truthful and reliable.

Obvious comment: Make sure you subscribe and download your VPN prior to entering mainland China. I subscribed the week before my flight and have been using ExpressVPN on my iPhone, iPad and Macbook Pro. It has allowed me access to all services that I use in the UK, and I especially rely on the Google Suite of products, all of which work perfectly for me. The connection is reliable and the speeds seem fast.

ExpressVPN: Recommended

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