I am heading to china soon and I am trying to find a reliable VPN that works in China and I am not sure if Express works as of now. Please let me know if it works. Thank you.
Hasn’t been working reliably since March 2023.
I live in Fujian province and Express works pretty ok on my 5g but never connects on wifi for me. Even on the 5g it’s hit or miss whether it connects regularly/reliably. (I only keep it for their DNS service to play Diablo 4) A more reliable option but sadly more expensive option for me over the past few months is Astrill. I haven’t had any issues with it, although the mobile app does seem to prefer WiFi over 5g. Connects more reliably for me on WiFi. I am using Mac OS and a mainland iPhone 13 btw. So can’t comment for Android users.
In china it is illegal to use vpn. Would not be surprised if they throw away the key for people usingnit
No, it doesn’t. According to a costumer support person I spoke to they gave up entirely on making China work.
Astrill is mad expensive and kinda sus, but at least it works.
Soon others will chime in here with custom solutions (Shadowsocks, private tunneling, and such) but that’s too much of a hassle for me personally.
I used it last week just fine, but I was connected via 5G with a roaming eSIM. We had luck at an international hotel chains WiFi. Connected via iOS on both iPad and iPhone.
Was surprised actually.
When you can connect, what speeds do you get with Express and Astrill?
Hey was wondering which location do you connect to?
Everyone including big corporations uses VPNs in China…
Don’t know the actual numbers but good enough to stream YouTube vids at full quality. Well, with Astrill on WiFi anyway. Express on 5g would burn a lot of data but seems pretty fast when it works.
With express on 5g, Singapore: Marina Bay has the most success for me. Astrill it’s usually USA Philadelphia on WiFi desktop app. Kansas China Optimized on mobile app. Seem to work the best for me.
Alright Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Thanks really appreciate it!