Working with China # 2: Top 5 Best VPN Clients for Working with a Chinese Network

"And Andrei shouted, I will change the IP if you tell me a secret
And the provider replied: “Easy, Andrew,
And there is no such resource here. ”

At the request of interested parties, we continue the cycle of articles about working with China, and today we will talk about the best VPN services in order to cut through the window to the east, and not be killed against the wall :).

Quite often you can hear from people trying to enter the Chinese market, the standard phrase: “We've heard about some kind of firewall, but something has not been seen. Where is he at all? The question has a certain catch, because The Great Electronic Wall does not work for all resources, and its “filter” has its exceptions in different parts of China. For example, residents of Hong Kong can absolutely calmly use Facebook and LinkedIn, which allows them to quite actively negotiate with representatives of the “other side”. For all other users of the sky, it will be the same luxury as in the mid-70s - a personal vehicle for the citizens of the Union. If we are talking about specialized resources, such as, for example, Baidu Webmaster Tools, about which I wrote earlier , or some local forums, news sites - then the situation here is radically different. The maximum that you will see by typing the address of the page, without using a VPN, will be a message about the absence of a resource as such. A similar situation arises in the case when an “unsuitable” VPN is used - one “break” and it will take several hours to reach the necessary resource or its own site, on the internal hosting.

In this regard, a logical question arises - how to get the least amount of headache when doing business in China? I bring to your attention a set of five proven resources to address this issue, as of November 2015.
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12VPN

Resource : getsetupfile.com
Price range : from $ 2.49 to $ 8.25 per month
Highlights : A unique situation when the main office of the company is located in Hong Kong. One of the company's specializations is to provide access to the domestic market, through its product, to “laow”.

TunnelBear

Resource : www.tunnelbear.com
Price range : the most expensive package is $ 6.99 per month
Highlights : TunnelBear can be compared with a Kalashnikov machine gun: stable, efficient, not whimsical. It works for both Mac / PC and iOS / Android devices. There is an extension for Google Chrome (including for Linux).

HideMyAss

Resource : www.hidemyass.com
Price range : from $ 6.55 to $ 11.52 per month
Highlights : a logo in the form of a donkey detective, and that says it all :) A good stable VPN, with a simple and intuitive interface. It works for both Mac / PC and iOS / Android devices.

VyprVPN

Resource : www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn
Price range : from $ 5 to $ 10 per month
Highlights : Vypr, aka boar / pig / hryundel. It works stably and fairly smartly. Good for teamwork. Choosing a package for $ 10 per month comes with 3 simultaneous connections.

Overplay

Resource : www.overplay.net/vpn.php
Price range : one single - $ 9.95 per month
Highlights : Works on Mac / PC, iOS / Android devices and DD-WRT and Tomato routers.