Without a proper proxy setup, access to GitHub is often painfully slow from mainline China. But the choice of Baidu Pan is indeed questionable: You need a Chin

Without a proper proxy setup, access to GitHub is often painfully slow from mainline China. But the choice of Baidu Pan is indeed questionable: You need a Chinese phone number in order to sign up, which is out of reach for many expats living overseas. I don't get why they can’t just mirror it on a university server.