posted by 睹善 on May 15, 2013 | 2 comments
Hi, could anyone recommend few free and paid VPN services for my Chinese friends eager to join FB and watch Youtube :)Thanks,睹善
murrayjames on May 16, 2013 | reply
I use Wit*pia. Probably the biggest VPN in China--the NYT mentioned them in an article on internet freedom in China a few years ago. Consequently, they are singled out by authorities and suffer service outages a few times a year.I pay $60 US/year. Good speeds in Chengdu. Great customer service.
WebFreer is a free browser modification of Google Chrome. It gives you access to Facebook, Youtube etc through secure proxies, works almost all the time, has no subscription fees, no set-ups required and its typically faster than basic VPNs. Saying that, its got a lot of pop-up ads, but if you are used to the level of adverts on a lot of Chinese sites, its not too bad, just don't set it as your default browser.Weirdly, I can only find it on Chinese-language search engines.The first time you use it, you have to let it fully load up the home page for it to work properly