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Best VPN for China Working Now (Update Summer 2018)

The VPN services that work in China, update after some recent experimentation.

Published

8 years ago

July 17, 2018

What’s on Weibo recommends the best VPN services for China that really work this summer – some experimentation after our recent block.

This article is an update after an earlier article recommending VPNs and following the recent blocking of What’s on Weibo in China.

What’s on Weibo has received offers from various VPN companies over the past weeks to try them out for our recommendation page. We’ve been testing them out…

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Manya Koetse

Manya Koetse is a sinologist, writer, and public speaker specializing in China’s social trends, digital culture, and online media ecosystems. She founded What’s on Weibo in 2013 and now runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter. Learn more at manyakoetse.com or follow her on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

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Anthony

July 17, 2018 at 3:16 pm

Nordvpn worked fine on a trip to China a month ago, but make sure you connect to an obfuscated server to access all the goodies. Here’s a coupon code if someone is still looking for a provider ZEROLOGS2Y

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China Books & Literature

50 of the Best New Books on China for the Holidays and Winter 2020/2021

So much reading to do! These are some of the best new books on China.

Published

6 years ago

December 25, 2020

Manya Koetse

What’s on Weibo lists the 50 best China books for winter reading 2020/2021, with China non-fiction and fiction books that have come out in English recently.

What’s on Weibo has previously issued two major China book lists, one Best 30 Books to Understand Modern China (non-fiction), and one Top Best Fiction Books on China. Because both articles were published in 2018, and so many new and interesting books on China have come…

Chinese Apps

Top Chinese Apps of 2019

Published

7 years ago

April 23, 2019

What's on Weibo Team

Over the past weeks, What’s on Weibo has published a series of five articles listing the most popular Chinese apps within this period across various categories. Although these apps are mostly targeted at Chinese mobile users, some are also very useful for those studying Chinese.

Please see our lists of popular Chinese apps in the following articles: