• Shizu@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There are numerous VPNs still working great inside mainland China. I have multiple friends who I talk to over Signal which is normally blocked. It’s just a matter of finding the right provider. Also hosting a VPS outside China as your own VPN can work nicely too - and doesn’t come with the performance hit when using Tor.

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      1 year ago

      No it can not. It is needed to connect to a VPN first in order to reach the tor network from China.

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          You’re still using a proxy to connect to Tor. It’s technically not a VPN, but I’m also using a proxy in China myself.

          It’s not Tor that avoids the censorship, it’s the proxy you use to connect to Tor since Tor IS blocked

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          1 year ago

          Thanks for the info. I still wouldn’t consider these as long-term solutions bc they tend to be frequently blocked and/or really slow.