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- I get asked a lot about how I access social media in China. To cut a long story short I use a VPN. If you have never heard of a VPN before then this video will tell you what it is and everything you need to know about it. There are many VPNs available and some work better than others, even in different cities in China. Before you come ask some people and do some research about the place you are going to see what works best in that area.
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This is the VPN I have always used in China. Use my link to get 3 months free on a 12-month subscription: www.expressvpn.com/nico
Hello dear how did it work
Another classic thanks Nico
Thanks Alex! Glad you liked it!
Thanks for the info!
Hope it helps!
very helpfull video. Thank you. Loved Bangladesh
Nice info
Thanks
Had a vacation there once with friends, it was amazing, and it was honestly so detoxing from all my social media accounts
This was great. I
Learned everything about VPN. !! Definitely use this next time in China
I’m pleased you found it helpful!
Great video Nico
Glad you enjoyed it
Good information
Thanks
Many years ago when major mobile carriers in USA began to have corporations with China's telecommunication company, your monthly plan data can be roaming in China ( by using their cell tower) and you can access any Western social media sites without much of problems ( well, it is a bit slow, but hey you are overseas).
And using a VPN is not that big of a deal, especially when you only need it for your mobile phone ( when connected to local WiFi), just installed a free VPN from the app store ( iOS is harder for VPN to work, while Android is extremely easy).
I'm still volunteering to be your bilingual subtitle translator!
Thank you I didn't see this! We are thinking about it, hopefully soon!
@@Nicofilms 你可以用v2ray
Very good idea
杨超越加油
@@Nicofilms If you need i can do it i am professional translater
In addition, you can purchase a router with a VPN function, so that all devices connected to the router can pass through the VPN, and there is no need to install a VPN program on the device. You can set to enable VPN only when you need it. In this way, the VPN will not affect the access of Chinese websites.
Thank you that is awesome to know I might have to look into this! Yes I found with one VPN I could access Chinese sites which was really annoying!
hi could you tell me where I can get this kind of router? I would like to pay money to get the info
@@xinhea This requires a router with slightly stronger performance and can be flashed with self-made firmware. Few routers provide this function because it has legal risks.
How to pay for paid vpn if it runs out during my stay at China?
what sim card do you use in china
Your video was really helpful.One question only,in case the VPN is not working you can use another VPN program and how often this is happening ?
Thank you very much!!!
Not very often, but sometimes some VPNs work better than others. A lot of the time if one isn't working well it will get fixed pretty quickly and back to normal in a couple of days.
@@Nicofilms ok , thank you very much Nico.
Get that sponsorship =)
If VPN stands for ‘Very Precious Nico’ then you’ll need it not only in China but everywhere! :D
RespectOthers lol omg
hahaha omg you are so kind haha
@yo gotti hahaha
I can literally access to any app your video mentioned in China without using VPN : D
Whaaaat do you have a magic phone??? I can't even get on my emails without one.
Possibly li meng’s WiFi has a VPN installed in it, or lives in an area which is allowed to have access to the outside
I recently learned that some experts and think tanks have proposed that it is the time to dismantle the firewall. Maybe the walls will be torn down in a few years.
V2Ray, Trojan are the protocals which can be used to access social media and google etc., there are several protocals such as v2ray, SSR, Trojan, which are most popular than VPN protocal (PP2P, L2TP, IKEAv2, IPsec) and much stable and faster than VPN in China. You can build your own with V2Ray or Trojan to access social media, just purchase a VPS outside of China.
Awesome I think I need to look into this!
@@Nicofilms This requires some knowledge of Linux, otherwise you will give up
When I go to China, I use roaming on my phone (my mobile plan is " expensive" enough to include free International roam). I can access google, youtube and all those. But I can't access some Chinese websites. Lol
I had a bad experience with a taxi driver last year when I was in Guangzhou. I was going to report him to the taxi control authority account on wechat. But I can't access the service. So I asked my friend to file a complaint for me 🙃
Ahhh that's so interesting I didn't realise it worked with data roaming, thats good to know!
Also, sorry you had a bad experience.
Use DiDi in China because it’s cheaper and more convenience.
I really really love this video really helpful but i want to know as i also have a youtube channel and i am thinking to move to china but i am kinda confused how i am going to "EARN" through youtube while staying in china as TH-cam is banned... THANK YOU 💯
I'm pleased you found it helpful. If you have a VPN then you can access TH-cam in China when using the VPN. If you don't then you won't be able to get on. Once you are on it is exactly the same as any other country.
I used shadowsocks and lantern before
Any free vpns
You can also use SSR.
Is there websites in English?
Which VPN do you use ? I have tried Nord, and Express VPN and they both work for a while and stopped working.
Ok, watched the end of the video and saw you use express VPN. It worked for the 1st couple of days and then it stopped working. I paid for it. It wasn’t even during any holidays or government meetings as that was in March this year during the lockdown.
That's interesting I have never had any problems with it recently. I actually did at some point then switched to Astrill and that worked for a while then stopped so I switched back and it's been fine since. Even when the meeting was on. What city do you live in? I also wonder whether this affects it.
Nico over here in Shenzhen, Astrill never worked for me
I am currently getting thru on vpn.ac and even this is unstable. I can be without connection the entire day. And I am using 3 different VPNs, This VPN.ac, another called MonoCloud, which has also stopped working and another 789 Chinese vpn which also has issues
Hi Nico, I just tried Express VPN again, I logged in, and it does not work again, any idea how you can help me? Can u add me on WeChat ? My ID is calibretoys. I was wondering if you can show you my steps and perhaps you can let me know what I am missing. Thanks
VPN is for newbies. Local Chinese use v2ray or SSR to get faster and much more reliable connections. I am using V2ray right now.
Awesome, thanks I will look into this!
VPN是这一类东西的统称，只是传输协议加密方式什么的有区分而已，方法都是通过一个跳板到达外网，都可以叫VPN
Yes You need A VPN in China,and you can use this:
Nox VPN
Express VPN
VPN Monster
Speed VPN
Awesome thanks for the tips!
vpn is a bit outdated in China, we don't use vpn now...Some people with computer skills build their own servers, and those who don’t understand technology buy airports.I built the server myself, the speed is very fast and stable, basically running full of bandwidth, watching 4K video on TH-cam is very smooth.
Yunfei Chen It's illegal, you could get arrested for that.
加上中文字幕就完美了！
Can you make a video about when not using VPN, what's the substitute for Google/TH-cam/Instagram/Twitter (What local Chinese use).....I know people use BaiDu.
mulan fa Google = baidu, bing.
Facebook = wechat moments
Twitter= Weibo
Google -> Baidu.com（百度）, so.com（360搜索）, Bing;
TH-cam -> Bilibili, iQiYi（爱奇艺）, Youku（优酷）;
Instagram -> Wechat（微信）, qzone（QQ空间）;
Twitter -> Weibo（微博）
Some commonly used APP
Alipay（支付宝）: Payment, financial management, insurance
Meituan（美团）:Find places to eat, drink and play. Food and medicine takeaways nearby.
Emm...I'm on youtube too.
you can find a airport here，ssr，v2ray……
The keyword is politics. As long as one stays away from politics that strayed into the idea of overthrow any government, it is a taboo. Just avoid that subject and all will be fine. Opinion from Malaysia.
Even Manchester... So MU or MC support?
I support Newcastle haha
is pretty safe to use VPN，I'm Chinese，I use VPN almost everyday！
Why did china even ban TH-cam and Instagram lol
@@McFlashh I am a Chinese who went to school in the United States. I used to have a hard time understanding why our country banned foreign software. But after studying in the US for 7 years, I understand why. It's because the Western media's propaganda power is too powerful and the Chinese are not ready for it. Not all of us have the ability to identify fake news, and not all of us are ready to face all kinds of unjustified hatred against the Chinese and the Communist Party from the West. To be honest, for the first few years of my life abroad, I was outraged every time I read about China on the Internet, because the news was so incredibly out of touch with reality. It's only in the last few years that I've slowly learned how to put my mind at ease and not be distracted by these lies. This is what I, an international student who has studied in the US for 7 years, think about the firewall in China, and it really is necessary.
@@lanxiu8686 the western media also portrays Muslim countries much more worse than they portray China, but still those countries have not banned western social media.
@@McFlashh This is a move by China to fight against Western media control. What Muslim countries do has nothing to do with China, every country is different. At least I think this is the right move by China, look at the Hong Kong riots which are typical of the division and hatred caused by the Western media propaganda.
@@McFlashh no need to talk to him still,Chinese are used to live in a environment that his mind won’t leave this statement,even one day the real internet wall not exist anymore,the mind wall will still in some Chinese’s brain,coz they born and live in this kind of way,just like the democratic Germany,North Korea and so many ex or current communist country,all same,so plz don’t blame them still,the man who live in the this kind culture won’t easy to out of this,even while life won’t,but they still could live nice,coz they has their own way of mind and it’s totally different from the other,just don’t mind them.
I got Access to my wife's WeChat so fast
LUXURYHACKS did it
Ive been reading a lot about Luxuryhacks on Google and he's good
I just use my mobile's data roaming. I never had issues accessing those Western apps and websites.
Chinese mobile data?
@@Nicofilms US mobile data. If you carried a foreign mobile, you're free to access those apps and websites. That's my experience.
The mobile roaming getting slower
Great Video but I am now able to read my Spouse messages on her social media
Thanks to Luxuryhacks on Google
I got access to my wife's social media accounts using his help
I live in China and I m happy because I got access to my spouse phone using Luxuryyhacks
Depends on. I can totally have a good life without VPN when I was in China.
I think it depends on what you need and what you use on a daily basis.
@@Nicofilms I have watched a few of your videos. If you know anything about China then you must know about their appalling practice of organ harvesting. No other country in the world murders their own people by the thousands then cuts out their internal organs and then sells those organs with no shame at all. You praise China, you are morally bankrupt, I pity you. So sad.
@@autodidact537 Only thousands? No man, that's way too less, you need to use your imagination more! What I heard is CCP *KILLED* hundreds of millions of Chinese and export all those organs to the USA earning trillions of $ EVERY year, they also *SUCK* the blood out of America, that's how China getting stronger, so the US president said: We can’t continue to allow China to *RAPE* our country! Scary right? China, a real world of walking dead isn't it?
@@beaman7263Before you wrote your idiotic & moronic comment you might have done some research, but I guess this is all one could expect from a micro-cephalic like you. The Slaughter"Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting & China's Secret Solution to its Dissident Problem" by Ethan Gutman.......State Organs "Transplant Abuse in China" by David Matas & Dr. Torsten Trey....... Bloody Harvest "Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China" by David Matas & David Kilgour.
Jim Tidman lol what an idiot. It’s all fake news. I’ve lived here for YEARS. I don’t know anyone who has had that happen to them.
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actually there's millions of Chinese using VPN, but Not every VPN is working good in China, like I tried some paid VPN like NordVPN, IvacyVPN and ExpressVPN, sometimes you need to use OPENVPN GUI, but it seems only ExpressVPN is working good during sensitive period like June 4 or two sessons, but if you use Chrome then I will suggest free AstarVPN and AdGuardVPN, but I'm afraid that there will be more strict on VPN in the future because I see more and more propaganda war between China and USA.
Yes I was surprised at how well Express worked this year.
you should open a channel in Bilibili~ There are more people who willing to see your video.
I already have a Bilibli but we have found it hard to keep up as it's hard to subtitle our videos. I'm hoping we can find an easier way soon.
@@Nicofilms you guys should make more local friends there~ Anyway, reach me if you need help~
Use a foreign Apple ID, you can find vpn apps in Apple store or Google play even in China
The break down of communication is the start of the infidelity. in the case of emotional infidelity where the spouse puts more energy in a new person rather than having a conversation with their partner about their needs,concerns etc.. why is it so difficult for 2 people to communicate their wants, needs, etc.? I also believe with some people they are extremely lazy and hate conflict. They feel they should be continuously entertained and make very little effort on keeping a marriage
You might do not need use VPN if you move to Hainan. I heard they will lift the WALL in Hainan island
Wow interesting I didn't know this!
When I go back to China, I can access gmail at home without VPN, which is really surprising.
Oh wow that is surprising! I can't haha
Which city ?
Nico i can too in shenzhen
Hi Nico!I can use google and whatsapp in ShenYang lol im surprising too!!
@@zaneg7164 Sometimes I can access Whatsapp without one but never Google.
I downloaded the VPN app while I was already in China. So it is possible to download VPN in China.
Yes it is possible (like I said) but it's a lot harder to do it once you arrive.
@@Nicofilms 在安卓手机上你可以随便下载数十种VPN，只有苹果手机会有限制
@@wisdomlee5007 苹果手机有外国账号也可以装VPN
Many VPNs are in China, and I use them, and I use them for free.
NICO NUMBA ONE
hahaha thank you!
*Laughs in Turbo VPN*
我是自己搭的服务器，4k60hz无压力。
👍
Personally, I dont like expressVPN. it's too slow and not so stable.
Ofc it depends on your internet speed
Yeah I think all of them have there good and bad points. None is 100% reliable all the time. I also think it depends on the city you are in.
@@Nicofilms I just moved back to China, still trying to figure out which VPN is the best for me. Now I am using fatiaoyun, till now it works pretty well
@@TheNizoubizou I dont think it's the problem of internet speed
using vpn on youtube now ...
Me too! haha
v2
Just use a VPN, simple as that
Isn't illegal to use VPN in China?
English 2020 nope. As long it's legal business
It's a grey zone.
Yes, it is legal as you can find in some 5 star hotel provide VPN on their reception. But people who use it could become illegal very easy as visit porn sites are illegal. Use google, Facebook and TH-cam are illegal, but spread some information to others is illegal. Facebook and Google belongs are banned become they are not going to follow China's law. Apple and Bing are legal as they follow China's law.
If you use CMLink sim card, then you donnot need VPN
Oh really? Where would you get on of those from?
£6 for 1.5GB data only and very slow. Forget it.
I got one from Amazon before I arrived. Great if you don’t breed lots of bandwidth but if you need more than 1-2 weeks of data can get more expensive than a monthly membership with a VPN provider (but more reliable).
@@Nicofilms Order the sim card online from China Mobile UK branch. The same amount of data both in the UK and China, last time I returned to China from the UK, I suprisingly found out that I can visit FB, IG, youtube or any other sites with the sim card network
@@gcpanda2912 I don't think so, I use 9GB data for 11 GBP and watch FHD youtube video without delay
NI HAO😅
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What would happen if somehow they found out you were getting on those sites?
nothing, no laws against that.
什么也不会发生
There is the law now after a double trouble meeting. Now It's illegal, and if you get caught, you get punished.
@@KyostiKoo The provider of VPN service may get punished, the user not.
Chinese government knows foreigners in China are using VPN but doesn't really care about.
原来是恰饭的。
The GFW are upgrading all the times, it's hard to find a working VPN now.
Oh really mine has been pretty good.
W are not.
I heard that there is another outbreak in Beijing now, so please pay attention to your health
Thanks! Yes unfortunately some new cases emerged.
Hmmm,,i travelled to China with my mobile i can use TH-cam, Whatsapp, Google 😁
Did you use your mobile data? Maybe that was why?
@@Nicofilms ya i use data roaming. ok for me cause i don't use a lot of data 😁
Im using a free vpn😎it's really fast
Use Turbo VPN
May I ask which one are you using?
Awesome! Which free one do you use and which city are you in?
Nico actually I have two free vpn,one I built myself for search some documents,the other one I download called 'vpn-unlimited best vpn proxy' for watch videos.I live in 抚顺😊
天行vpn目前是中国最好用的vpn，速度快延迟低，唯一缺点是收费的每月20元，而且不开放下载，都是老用户我已经用了五年了，需要的话可以联系我！
I never got my VPN to work in China :D
Oh really? which one did you use?
@@Nicofilms the same as you ;)
@@fernandoq.5487 Oh no that's so annoying I have never had an issue with them.
Isn't it illegal to use a VPN in China?
Not really. Pretty much everyone uses one here. Even government companies need to access foreign social media and so need to have one. Westerners can't even access some emails so you would be very disconnected if you didn't.
If you put anti CCP or anti China comment on , then it’s illegal. You can think the wall is door for your home , and the VPN is the key to access. If you use a key go to this house to be a guest or a visitor , it’s good . But if you use a key to steel or damage, it’s illegal.
@@user-dh6sr3sf7e But what if someone will criticise CCP fairly? Or if someone say well-founded negative facts about CCP politics?
@@ilyalin7763 if you criticise CCP fairly and correctly , you can do it in China. Is this surprised you ? Otherwise, who define “fairly “ or “correctly”, and what’s your position to China or CCP, and are you qualified to criticise anyone ? Do you know about CCP well , have you ever been to China ? Do you take any responsibility for you criticising ? This is not a black-white word kids , try to be mature.
@@user-dh6sr3sf7e I know something about China because when I was at school we taught that China is our big brother and we should learn from China. I'm Chinese, but I was born in Kazakhstan, 50 km within Xinjiang. And I was interested about censorship because in Kazakhstan you can't criticise government and our National Leader, because we taught that he is protecting us from the West and that West is a big threat for us. And when I didn't agree with government's policy, I couldn't do anything with that, because I can't protest and our media only praised government, but it didn't talk about problems. And when I see Russian or Chinese media, it's similar to our media, same words, same narrative and same behaviour. But maybe I'm not right, in China it might be better when you can criticise government, but why you can criticise only when you're qualified for that? I know that in Europe everyone can criticise their government when it doesn't do a good job. And I think you shouldn't be an expert if you don't like some action or when you think that it could do something better. And I talked with people from China and they told me that they are not satisfied with their political rights. But I like China and our countries are friends, but I think there are some issues and I think it's weird why Chinese media doesn't talk about it a lot
I use free VPN.
Which?
用v2ray吧，我一直在用，便宜实惠，操作简单
China has our own social media, thanks . The whole world use America social media, can’t means anything except you can only heard the same voice: distort China. I really don’t understand why you guys always said Chinese don’t have freedom to view the western media. We have but we are all sick of them for many years, we don’t need the fake news and they already hurts the young generation in Taiwan province of China and HK villagers
some people said that as long as you do not go political...well you are safe,the same thing here in the middle east,as long as you do not offend the royal family or the goverment or their religious sentiment..(meaning better keep your thoughts with you) you are safe...well nothing is perfect in this world...
Who wants to be in Manchester ? 😂
Hey! I love Manchester haha
V2,ssr,老王vpn（free）
Thanks for the tip!
老王根本没法用！太烂，免费好用的vpn多的是，但我不告诉你😂
Amusing how you’d make a video about this. What for? Any other vlogger could have done this. Amusing because it doesn’t seem smart. Even the most ignorant person has heard of VPN... So unless this is an ad, this is senseless. Because it sounds like you are peddling something illegal. Who is this? For expats and travelers...Okay, I get it... I get it.
My channel is for those people who are looking at coming to work or travel China and actually a lot of people haven't heard of a VPN before because people ask me all the time how I access social media. So it's to answer the questions that I get a lot. Just because you know something doesn't mean everyone in the world does.
Nico I did say amusing. I had other thoughts. But It’d be something I’d discuss when I’m in a bar picking on peanuts from a plate and talking to myself with a nice cold tsingtao. Well yes, I’m not techie. But proxies saved me in those long winters abroad. No worries. You make cool videos. But this one was amusing.
ill just stop using those apps
But it's not just apps I can't access my email or even some UK sights which I might need.
My father cheated on my mom alot...what shocked me is that he NEVER show any regret..never cared for her tears and depression when she knew and stayed for us...lied repeatedly in our faces about morals and good manners and that he would never cheat( which scarred me for life because I knew people are capable of really hurting someone and lie in their faces and laugh about their pain)
64六四
你應該是64暴民。🤔
Sorry, this thing can be seen on the Chinese network, the main reason is not because of this. There are many reasons. For example, the terrorist attack in Xinjiang in 2009 was contacted by Facebook, and Google can directly access pornographic sites. Including TH-cam has a lot of Chinese anti-government propaganda, these media are funded by the US government. And these American companies are not willing to accept China's legal supervision. So the Chinese government banned these apps. China used Google and TH-cam for a while, and now there are apps from some countries that can be used normally in China, but apps in the United States are prohibited. I am Chinese and I currently live in China. I have been using these apps for 7 years. I have been visiting these websites since I was a student. There are many people in China, not everyone is highly educated, many people It is very easy to be incited by some media. China does not want a color revolution. This is the reason. When I was in high school, my teacher told us what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Of course, there is no such content in the history book. But on the Internet, you can read about them.
using VPN is illegal in China
You know nothing but shit
Emm...I'm on youtube too.