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International news channels such as CNN and BBC are also getting routinely blacked out. While we think this is a really poor way to deal with all the shit that's going on, we have been there many, many times, and survived. Time to turn on your VPN again, people! And if you still don't know what it is, let me tell you it's the only way to maintain your sanity here. Shanghaiist highly recommends the services of our advertiser Witopia.
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I don't know how they do it, but the GFW somehow manages to still block some sites even when I'm using an SSH tunnel (similar to VPN). An hour ago I was still able to get on YouTube to upload video of the riots from CCTV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSd1mwzZPO4
But now I can't get through to YouTube, Blogspot, BBC, etc. even through a proxy! Yikes.
Get Surfbouncer (http://www.surfbouncer.com) and ask them to configure you to run on port 80 or 443. All the traffic will flow through. If you are being proxied just send the the proxy name and they will configure you to run through the proxy. Everything will work. They are great to deal with and provide personal service to tweak things for situations when the off the shelf solution doesn't work.
Rise up and burn badirty China!
Do NOT use Surfbouncer unless you want to pay way too much for way too little with a company that has been written about as disreputable.
Witopia gives you openVPN AND PPTP service for only 40 USD a YEAR and has been around for a long time. hotspotvpn is a good service too that gives you openVPN and PPTP, but they are much more expensive and I saw no difference in performance between them and witopia. Both were very fast.
Hi,
We started few month a VPN service : www.linkideo.com
If some Chinese people want try it for free, email us !
Note : Webonly access (enough to watch Youtube) is already Free
Have a nice day
Brian - Linkideo Team
You might need a OpenVPN account, I got mine from
http://www.strongvpn.com
Living in China I needed something like this, the techs are there 24x7 and its a long established company. I highly recommend them!
StrongVPN : 40USD for 1 month...
Linkideo : Free for 1 month...
You really recommend them ?
;-)
Brian
UK, Canada goverment blocked chinese websites about "sensative" topic from time to time, why this is such a big deal, guys? i thought many of you coming from UK and Canada.
no double standard!
yes I do, I won't connect to just anyone for my VPN, and its $45 for 3 months
http://www.linkideo.com/aboutus
http://strongvpn.com/aboutus.shtml
To bypass this restriction you can use vpn service and view any needed site.
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How to Unblock Sites
To bypass this restriction you can use vpn service and view any needed site.