VPN Blocked in China: The Great Firewall Strikes Again

VPN Blocked in China: The Great Firewall Strikes Again -

We heard reports from some users about other VPN providers blocked in China. Reuters later confirmed this. The question remains common, as always in China, but here is what is known at the moment

VPN blocked in China -. Current situation

VPN has been used in China for years to bypass the heavy censorship of the communist government, known as the Great Wall of China. This leads us to write our review of best virtual private networks to use in China . All these VPN working at the time of writing, but what happens now?

Questions As of this writing, Astrill, StrongVPN and VyprVPN (Golden Frog) VPN users know connection. They are unable to connect, or are new to be censored to some websites. For those to China on business, this is a major problem

Virtual private networks are on our list, as far as we know because of the absence of complaints, still working would :.

1. IPVanish
2. private Internet access
3. PureVPN

We have yet to read or hear from anyone using these virtual private networks in China as having problems.

for now, our best VPN notes China will remain static VPN in question are aware of the issue and working to resolve the problem.

A block history with the Great Firewall of China

This is not the first time that the Chinese government worked to suppress the use VPN in China. The latest example was back in November 2013. They failed to block all VPN providers then, and they will now fail

To quote Sunday Yokubaitis, President of Golden Frog and VyprVPN :.

"attack this week on virtual private networks that affected us and other VPN providers is more sophisticated than what we've seen in the past."

is not new, or the first time that this has happened. Greater deep packet inspection is the suspect why some VPNs are blocked in China. VPN involved no intention of abandoning the Chinese people and will be working on other alternatives to stabilize their service.

With almost all foreign companies and company VPN in China need to continue working, it is unlikely that they will never succeed in completely block all VPN. There is simply too many people looking to make a lot of money. The average Chinese will benefit from what they will be able to access these services the same VPN

UPDATE :. After talking with a contact in China after it all went down, I was given confirmation that this information is correct. My contact also added that Astrill always work and allowing it to access Gmail and the rest of the band, as usual inside China.

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