Tag: China

There are already many questions on this site on how to get around the Great Firewall of China. However, the situation is constantly changing. I am interested in how to handle it from October to November 2019.

What has changed that justifies a new question?

Questions:

• What are the practical ways for a traveler (up to a month) to avoid restrictions at this time (October-November 2019)? Requirements: access to communication channels such as Gmail or messaging applications, perhaps social networks. There is no need for transfers of several gigabytes (see YouTube, etc.)

• Common VPN service servers that can be purchased are now blocked (see, for example, NordVPN Frequently Asked Questions, unfortunately they cannot be linked). Do private VPNs still work, or is it all Was VPN traffic detected (even if the server is not blacklisted)?

• More important, What are the consequences of trying to avoid the big firewall? My main concern is that trying to do this from a local citizen's Internet connection can get them into trouble (connection permanently disconnected, a police call, etc.).

• How does the answer to the above depend on the location within China? I am not so interested in places that the government considers sensitive, such as Xinjiang or cities near Hong Kong.