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> As a tourist, you’ll hardly feel like you are in a police state Especially if you can't read the propaganda posters. > Ya, the internet will suck while you
by ardy42 8y ago
> As a tourist, you’ll hardly feel like you are in a police state
Especially if you can't read the propaganda posters.
> Ya, the internet will suck while you are there
Protip: bring a phone with a foreign international data plan. The packets will be routed over the phone network to your home country and bypass the Great Firewall.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoEven if you can read the propaganda banners (posters are rare, banners with slogans are more common), it comes off as weird and novel rather than personally oppressive. I thought that only applies to HK phones, but I have never tried!
- atr_gz 8y agoI can confirm that Google Fi and T-Mobile data get routed back to the US from mainland China. Location services always think I'm in California.