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Every hotel I've stayed at in China that caters to Westerners had a VPN in place. You could check your Gmail at the hotel but not outside of it (unless you had
by deepfriedbits 10y ago
Every hotel I've stayed at in China that caters to Westerners had a VPN in place. You could check your Gmail at the hotel but not outside of it (unless you had your own VPN).
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoOnly true in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, not any other city in china as far as I can tell.
- arcticbull 10y agoMy hotel in Shanghai last month had a VPN for guests too. The further you go inland the crazier the restrictions get.
- fooker 10y agoThis is because historically most Chinese revolts and movements started with the inlanders getting frustrated with the amount of trade the coast enjoys. People in Beijing and Shanghai have it much better and do not have much reason to cause problems bad for business.
- arcticbull 10y agoNot to mention Xinjiang. By the time I got out there communication was basically a black hole. Out there apparently the police were actually enforcing the no-VPN rule kicking locals off the internet for extended periods of time.
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- seanmcdirmid 10y agoIve never seen a vpn in shanghai or Beijing, while I get them by default in Guangzhou. They definitely aren't legal for the hotel to provide (if you setup a conference in Beijing, they'll deny this service as an option), but china isn't really a rule of law country (laws are only Enforced selectively).