Chinese Sim cards are programmed to block tiktok
remove your chinese sim card and use wifi wth VPN for tiktok to work
Try different servers, contact support, if all else fails then go with another vpn. There’s a lot of Astrill hate because of the price, but it’s priced that high for a reason.
It’s so weird, because I use my international roaming which puts me with my home country’s IP, but everything works except TikTok. Even though every single website located me as in Brazil, TikTok will nevertheless say I’m in China and won’t load or log in. Not that big of a deal since I’m not a TikTok user anyway, but it is annoying anyway ;p can’t open links from friends
how do i get internet tho? if im using a dead sim, i get that u can use internet (router) but what if im outside
Which vpn works in China? Free or paid?
Makes you wonder why tik tok is going the extra mile to not allow Chinese/HK citizens even through VPN.
Most eSims go through Hong Kong, and TikTok blocked HK and want them to use Douyin instead
TikTok isn’t a “western” service by any means… TBH I’m not sure what is a western service 
Haha you are right it’s better without Tiktok
Perhaps you can’t understand the need for a company to have different content libraries for different countries.
it is called a china wall. same as what the banks and consultants use. bytedance has built 2 ecosystems: tiktok and douyin albeit using the same core technolgy. you china wall them to properly monetize both like a good capitalist would.
If you don’t know that TikTok and 抖音 are the same thing, you probably shouldn’t be commenting on anything China related.
Setting up servers for different countries and regions is the norm.
Do you think you’ll see gay content in Middle Eastern tiktok?
Use whatever wifi you can get outside. The alternative is to get a wifi dongle or another phone’s hotspot. I personally do not go on tiktok while roaming about so it hasn’t been an issue for me.
I use astrill but its been shit lately
I have multiple friends who work/have worked at Bytedance. They got their wings clipped hard a while back in the 2010s and have since gone above and beyond to stay off the gov’t/party’s shit list.
Braindead gweilo is obsessed with China. Its hilarious 
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense.
Services you can generally access only in the West, not in Mainland China. IG, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Tiktok, etc.
You can still see other countries’s tiktok even if you are in the States, but you cannot see those from identifiable Chinese users. It acts the same way that Openai bans China, which gives the companies a clean record for the national security clause for IPOs in the states.