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Looking for a VPS with good internet connectivity in China
My budget:
around $90 / year.
Requirements:
Ability to browse forums, load web page attachments and videos, and stream YouTube in 1080p without lag.
Requires 2 TB or more of network traffic.
Current situation:
I am currently using China Telecom’s 500 Mbps broadband service. I may switch to China Unicom’s 500 Mbps service soon.
I know it might be really hard, but I'm going to give it a try anyway.
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HK VPS from HostHatch, works surprisingly well. Obviously, must still have V2Ray/VLess/Reality/Shadowsocks and all the usual China stuff, but the performance
is great. They apparently can use it to stream 4K without lag from it, which was a hard
thing to find before compared to the price you pay.
I took a look: Hong Kong, 3TB of data, $100/year. It would be even better if there were some kind of discount or something. It’s already very close.
You can take the basic:
NVMe 2 GB
1 AMD EPYC Milan core (fair share)
2 GB DDR4 RAM
10 GB NVMe Storage
1 TB bandwidth
$4.00 / Monthly
And increase the b/w as much as you need. Assuming you don't need like 10TB,
will still gonna end up cheaper.
But definitely take a monthly test first.
For China connectivity, the VPS location matters but the protocol matters even more. HK and Singapore both work, but without the right protocol you'll still get blocked.
VLESS + Reality is currently the most reliable option for China — it mimics real HTTPS traffic so the GFW can't detect it. WireGuard and OpenVPN are increasingly blocked.
HostHatch HK is a solid pick as mentioned, but pair it with Xray Reality and you'll have much better results than with a standard VPN setup.
Just a friendly reminder: for Chinese users, using this kind of disguised protocol to get around the firewall is against the law, and you could potentially get arrested by your government for it.
The police won't waste their time arresting people for using VPN,because there are simply too many of them, as long as they don't do anything bad outside the GFW...
Given that the services will be used within Mainland China, utilizing premium premium networks such as CN2 GIA, 9299, or CMI2 is highly essential. Currently, nosla.cloud appears to be the best option, offering excellent network routing with fair pricing and active stock.
Oh those foreign ministries have accounts on X, but banned their citizens from free information and expression. Thank you for that useless reminder, because I guess no one doesn't know circumventing GFW is "illegal" there. As a matter of fact, I think GFW is illegal against spirits of law.
If you think it’s useless, then so be it. I don’t really enjoy communicating with someone as rude as you — like a rat hiding in the gutter, constantly questioning other people’s goodwill.
Your original post sounded more like a threatening than "goodwill" - Tell me, who in states like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea don't know it is "illegal" to view YouTube? Only innocent people in free world are not fully aware yet, though most can sense it.
I don't bother to reply to that personal attack, instead just restating the truth - viewing free information is a privilege rather than basic right in those states. Otherwise how could someone or departments repeat propaganda on X, YouTube, etc while claiming it is illegal for other locals? You stated one part of the truth - people may get fined or arrested, while I state another part.
Besides, you didn't have to emphasize it is "for Chinese users", as foreigners are included as well. Remember two Michaels? It's just not right or fair.
Not Chinese but are you also saying people from restricted countries like Russia or iran can't use a VPN? We are on a public western forum, not Nodeseek. Your comment is your own. You can't tell other users what they can or cannot use since they will use a VPN anyways
Hey, hey, everyone, don't be noisy. As a Chinese, I have to explain. Accessing VPN is not a matter of business in China. But as for being caught in prison, in fact, as long as you don't break the law on the Internet, they won't care about you. I have also asked the police. They also showed that as long as they don't do anything, such as spreading pornography, visiting cult websites, etc., they are too lazy to care about you. China is not North Korea. We will not be too closed. The lessons of history are vivid. The ban on the Internet in part is also to better protect the next generation before they have the ability to distinguish right from wrong.
Thanks for explaining, @curioue
Hopefully travellers don't take your opinion as legal advice.
Are VPNs Legal in China? What the Law Actually Says
TL;DR
China treats most VPN use as illegal, and the consequences can include fines, device confiscation, or detention. The U.S. State Department warns that “use of a VPN in China is illegal in most cases.”1 The reality on the ground is more nuanced: millions of people in China use unauthorized VPNs every day, enforcement against foreign visitors has been sporadic, and the government’s primary targets are VPN providers and sellers rather than individual users. That said, the legal risk is real, it’s growing, and anyone traveling or doing business in China needs to understand exactly where the lines are.
Example cases:
Fine For VPN Use Sparks Rare Backlash on Chinese Internet
Administrative Penalties against individuals on censorship circumvention in China
China has been closing it door increasingly, just search its anti-espionage law, anti-foreign sanction law, data security law and most notorious national security law in Hong Kong. And who and which entities have been fined, under detention, sentenced, or banned to leave China.
Recent examples:
Brokerage firms were fined for providing Chinese investors access to foreign markets
Due diligence went into effect this year for cross-border remittance of 5,000 RMB ($739)or more
Bandwagonhost (Ukraine owner)
Without a Chinese upstream provider, you can not get a good connectivity to China. Bandwagon signed route with China Telecom so their product optimised for mainland China.
Except them, I don't know other provider who do this except Chinese companies.