I live in Suzhou. And use gmail via Mail.app and iOS Mail daily. Other than around certain anniversaries, it's never been blocked for me. I do visit SH regularl

I live in Suzhou. And use gmail via Mail.app and iOS Mail daily. Other than around certain anniversaries, it's never been blocked for me. I do visit SH regularly -- it's right beside me -- and haven't had trouble. But YMMV. The GFW might just like me. I wonder if it might be because I'm using Google's Apps for Business (i.e., our own domain). In my experience the GFW is much more lenient if it thinks what you're doing is work related.