Is it legal to use VPN in China? Is there any punishment for using VPN in china? For anybody who can’t live without websites/services such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google Play Store and Instagram, if you have been living or working in China these days, then the word VPN shouldn’t be an unfamiliar to […]

After smartphones became popular, most travelers today have stopped relying on paper maps. Mobile apps such as Google Maps have become an essential tool for people when traveling. However, for people planning to travel to China, there’s one common question: Does Google Maps work in China? Is it blocked in China? If so, what are […]

在翻墙变得越来越难、好用的VPN越来越少的今天，很多人开始尝试使用Shadowsocks（影梭）来翻墙。比起传统的VPN，Shadowsocks具有一定的优势，比如不容易被网络监控系统发现和干扰，等等。 在这篇文章里，我们将使用尽量简单易懂的语言来提供一个从搭建、优化Shadowsocks服务器到下载、配置和使用Shadowsocks软件的全面教程。在不同版本的Shadowsocks中，本教程主要介绍ShadowsocksR（SSR）。

According to a recent announcement from the Chinese government, China will soon block access to all cryptocurrency exchanges’ websites. As a result, if you are in China, you might soon need to use a VPN to visit cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase, Bitfinex, Gemini, Binance etc. to trade bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. “In the next […]

Reddit, one of the most popular websites on the internet, is now blocked in China. Along with other popular sites such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google Play Store,  WhatsApp etc, Reddit is now banned from the internet users in Mainland China by the so-called Great Firewall. Why Reddit Is Blocked in China Since the […]

2017 is not a good year for Internet users in China. This year we saw local VPN providers being forced to shut down, Apple removing VPN apps from its China App Store, WhatsApp getting blocked, many free VPNs stopped working, and more recently, Skype, Microsoft’s famous messaging/VoIP app, seemed to be banned in China. As […]

Shadowsocks, as an alternative to VPNs, has been quite popular in recent years, especially in countries such as China where VPN traffic constantly gets blocked or interrupted. Many people believe Shadowsocks is more stable and more reliable than VPN in those countries. In this article, we will discuss how to set up and use Shadowsocks […]