The VPN ALL dead in china before the unrest. I was in china before the unrest in shanghai, at that time all VPN were already dead.
I’ve been using ClashX since August 2023, haven’t had a single issue with it. I’ve had ExpressVPN since 2019 and it worked fine from then to about June/July 2022.
Well, then you are using it wrong, tested again today with the techie friend
It’s Feb 15th, 2023, and I’ve been using express vpn in guangxi, china since summer 2022. Up until the first week of Feb, I’d never had more than a day or two of blocking. But since the beginning of this month, it’s more miss than hit, to the tune of 50% of the time missing.
The firewall blocking seems to be different in different locations, but i haven’t heard anyone research that topic. It might be more useful for both positive and negative reports to also say where in china they are having issues.
I did buy a hong kong SIM card, so i can use unblocked mobile data for about US$1 per GB. I might switch over to just using hong kong sim cards, because price wise, using mobile data directly is kind of close to the VPN fees for me. Using about 5-10GB/month.
Yes! Connects quickly. The speed is not so great. Browsing is ok. Not so good if you want to do gaming
Astrill is working very smoothly in Beijing at this moment. Also super frustrated with @Express_VPN. 10 months of payment down the drain…
Astrill is expensive and their customer service is crap, but at least it works.
Is there an alternitive than VPN?
what server, ISP, protocol, and client (+ version) are you using?
Express slowly started working recently for me, but only for about 20 minutes before I have to reconnect several times to get it to work again. Started working at around Feb 13, in Shanghai.
Good to hear it’s working well, I’m using the same thing. It’s bad that express is down though. Hopefully they can pick their shit back up. I trusted them a lot before.
hey is Astrill still working good rn?
Do you have discord/telegram or something, thats better to explain there
Is your vpn still working in Shanghai? I tried express this week and its not connecting at all. Tried different protocal seems like no use.
I’ve been using AstrillVPN for the past few months, ExpressVPN doesn’t work. I’m currently in Anhui, and it doesn’t connect too.
I dont have the option discord right now, when i’m i can