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I'm headed to china next week for a few weeks. I need access to at least Gmail. Are there any suggestions here on an easy way to get around it for a VPN noob? I
by reustle 9y ago
I'm headed to china next week for a few weeks. I need access to at least Gmail. Are there any suggestions here on an easy way to get around it for a VPN noob? I'm usually fine using PrivateInternetAccess but I'm sure that is blocked there.
- b9599b93b5 9y agoIf you are working for an international company there and will be using your company's network (through VPN or a physical port), then you should be fine -- according to a friend of mine who worked in one of those companies...
- tluyben2 9y agoVPNs still work; ExpressVPN gives good results. Although I usually just forward gmail to outlook for the time being and will just use that for the weeks I am there.
- yorwba 9y agoFWIW, I have been able to access imap.googlemail.com from all Chinese networks I have tried so far. However, the first few times, Google blocked the attempt and I had to use a VPN to log into my Google account and whitelist the access. This highlights another issue that makes internet access in China inconvenient: Many websites flag Chinese IP addresses by default, presumably because they couldn't handle the spam otherwise.
- baybal2 9y agoThe thing is that they block Gmail MX from time to time. Don't use google mail for work there
- tluyben2 9y agoNo I forward all to Outlook.com and send from there as well. Sucks but works.
- Canada 9y agoShadowsocks-libev on a Linux box hosted at AWS Tokyo region works great. Digital Ocean Singapore region is awful, at least right now. I find ExpressVPN performs very poorly most of the time. Not sure about PIA.