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vpn appears to only work sporadically in china.

• lazycatjumping 1y ago
  All VPNs work without problems with China if you roaming into their network with a foreign (e)SIM. You will get unfiltered western internet as a tourist.
  • hdgvhicv 1y ago
    Which cost me a fortune once when I plugged my phone into laptop to charge (before free global roaming). Dropbox had been blocked for a week, suddenly a flurry of sms arrived (out of order). I’d spent £250 in 3 minutes.
    • zx8080 1y ago
      > Dropbox had been blocked for a week Why was it blocked for a week? Not sure I understand what happened to you.
      • actionfromafar 1y ago
        China blocked it.
        • coderatlarge 1y ago
          my personal pet theory is that china could in principle block whatever they wanted, but, decide instead to block only sometimes and with some random noise thrown in, if only to impose a tax or cost on trying to connect out but to have some plausible deniability on not having it be impossible while still retaining the option of turning the dial to 11 if/when need be.
    • mynegation 1y ago
      I feel for you. Why would you allow laptop traffic to be routed through the phone though? At least in iOS plugging the phone for charging or backup does not automatically tether.
      • hdgvhicv 1y ago
        I often tether off my phone so has tethering enabled, just hasn’t charged from the laptop in all that time Wasn’t a lot in the end scheme of things - less that the cost of a night in the hotel, let alone the full trip
• snm99 1y ago
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