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China Cracks Down on VPN Vendors (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader shares a BBC report: China's latest crackdown on those attempting to skirt state censorship controls has seen it warn e-commerce platforms over the sale of illegal virtual private networks (VPNs). Five websites, including shopping giant Alibaba, have been asked to remove vendors that sell VPNs. It is the latest in a series of measures from the Chinese government to maintain strict control over content. Apple has previously been asked to remove VPN apps. China's cyber-regulator the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has ordered the websites to carry out immediate "self-examination and correction." "The CAC has ordered these five sites to immediately carry out a comprehensive clean-up of harmful information, close corresponding illegal account.. and submit a rectification report by a deadline," the regulator said in a statement.
They're just trying to stop the nazis. It's all good amirite?
The Government protecting you from "Nazis."
That word is such a cop-out. Governments don't "crack down" on freedom of speech or freedom of assocation -- they oppress, because those are things which every human being has a natural right to with or without government.
It seems like we see pretty much the same story about China and VPN issues pretty much every week. We get it, a country that doesn't like freedom of expression takes away a way to express yourself freely. Surprise!
That's bad.
Unless you're godaddy or google delisting some racist site nobody gave a fuck about anyway.
It's DUPE-O-LICIOUS!
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
...to an America near you.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Because if the request also covers emails between the company organizers and the 1.3 million people that casually are even interested in VPNs, any deleted messages and files, as well as subscriber information — such as names and addresses — and unpublished photos and blog posts that are stored in the site’s database, that would be some serious fascist shit I'd expect from a second rate dictatorship like China.
We are currently working with 21ViaNet, the Microsoft Azure partner in mainland China. They will not even allow us to setup a site-to-site VPN from our Azure instance back to our office in the US. I take that back. They will allow it, but they "strongly" recommend against it. They say that they will not be able to guarantee connectivity or SLAs due to the Great Firewall.
We have to use their "managed VPN service" instead. I am sure that it is Great Firewall compliant, complete with MitM capabilities. We do not even want to transfer data out of the country. We are just using it for administration, monitoring and maintenance.
I run a VPN just so I can watch content in other countries. Just swap my VPN to that country and it's all good.
Yeah, it's extremely difficult without a VPN in China, especially when you're used to having access to pretty much anything. I don't even need to say how I use Gmail or Google all the time and I had a business trip planned back in July. I did a lot of research on VPNs and wanted to get something that actually worked in China without throwing my money away. I decided to get two, just in case - I got Astrill because I heard it worked in China as well as NordVPN as my colleague recommended it and I can say that both worked like a charm (besides, Nord in China is accessible through this link - https://nord-cn.org/). While both worked in China, I liked NordVPN a little better because of its quality. Astrill's and Nord's prices are somewhat similar, but I got a special coupon for a 1-year deal that gives you 70% off. Please feel free to use it if it helps and if you're planning to travel to China or are already there. The coupon code is NordChina.
Wow. It's almost as if those people who want to SILENCE others are admitting they are wrong and can't win a debate. Rather like the Left wing, who have spent the past fifty years taking away more and more of our speech by vilifying it through the controlled media.
Well, I've been using a VPN ever since I came to China because it's impossible to access all of my favorite websites otherwise. I've been using Astrill, Nord and VyprVPN, all of them work well in China. I heard Nord started working in China recently and I found a coupon code posted that gives you a discount (try NordChina).