Hiya - I’m going to China in 1 week, I’m staying for 14 days and will be in Shanghai, Wuxi and Chongqing/Chengdu. I’m looking for a VPN that will work when I’m on WiFi or using my local SIM card (will have to purchase).
I’ve heard of Astrill and LetsVPN do both of these work? And which is the best price for a short holiday that’s reliable?
Does anyone have any tips also for like a ~10gb plan SIM card just for the data? I was looking at getting a China Unicom one perhaps?
Wuxi is an awesome place
I am not constantly in the mainland. I have a VPN (Outline) installed on my VPS, but I mostly use free VPN.
My clients are V2rayNG and Howdy Trojan (have Igniter too). Protocols I get from https://sshocean.com, they work for 7 days and are quite fast. If you stay 2 weeks I would suggest to get a new one every 5 days or so. They install easily via QR code.
For “just install” apps I have Lantern and GoFly. Both work, I use them seldom though.
IMHO there is no need to buy anything for a short trip.
If you plan to buy a SIM (which needs full name registration these days and many places don’t accept passports) I would avoid China Mobile, unless you have a 5G phone, or a 4G phone that supports TD-LTE. Unicom has a more international standard (as far as I know). In any case, look at bands in China vs. the ones your phone supports. Surfing on Edge is no fun at all.
LetsVPN is more stable and faster
VEEE VPN. I’ve had it for 18 months and has never dropped once. 42 USD for a year. 1 month will be very cheap!
I would be happy to recommend Blokada 6 as a solid & privacy-friendly VPN.
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Great to hear thanks
Thanks for the reply + I DM you in case you are able to help a bit more info?
Okay thanks - I’ll look into Astrill I think the price is just quite odd putting for my shorter trip - and sadly my phone doesn’t take esim so I think I’ll need to find a sim when I land. Thanks tho 
The recommendation is valid…. But using VPN doesnt double data usage.
With Astrill, depending on the protocol used it should range between 5 to 10% (Openweb being closer to 5%)
Hopping on this thread, does it drop connection, and if so how often? I’m staying in China for a few months and I’m considering getting LetsVPN beforehand.
Head to Taihu lake when you’re there. Not much to eat in south or Wuxi where it’s located. Combine the Buddha statue trip and lake in one day as they’re nearby if that’s on your agenda. Plenty of nice independent coffee chains in Wuxi downtown. 1912 bar street if it’s nightlife you’re into
Sure, that is fine.
One more option you have: Look at data packages that cover China from your local provider. They work like a VPN with no filter.
Yeah the price is pretty high for one week. Go with LetsVPN!
I was just there for 1.5 months and it dropped connections no more than 5 times during my stay. I’ll be back in a few months and you bet that’s what I’ll be using again!
Thanks! I planned on going to Turtle Head island and the Lingshan Buddha so should be good. I have my girlfriend acting as my guide, as she is from there 
Mhmmm might check that - my provider doesn’t offer a good roaming package that’s worth the GB you get - I may look at others + I sent a chat invite just about the VPS stuff also thanks.
All your data goes to Astrill VPN 
thats normal. Its not Astrill data but encoded data
Ah nice one! Yes south Wuxi (Binhu area) was my jam back in the day. Clean air and naturally really nice. You’ll have a great time dude
That’s great to hear then, she’s from that district so I’m staying in an apartment in Binhu - looking forward to seeing that side of China - it’s my first time outside of Europe!