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Facebook in China
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don't know what you guys are talking about, I lived in nanjing for a few months, facebook works. it's just PAINFULLY slow. SO EFFING PAINFULLY SLOW.
but it works. also, try vladia or something, perhaps it'll work.
It's not like you'll get fed to the dogs if you're caught on FACEBOOK. you'll get fed to the dogs if you're caught on any website talking about the june 4th tiananmen massacre
but it works. also, try vladia or something, perhaps it'll work.
It's not like you'll get fed to the dogs if you're caught on FACEBOOK. you'll get fed to the dogs if you're caught on any website talking about the june 4th tiananmen massacre
To the OP, I have previously worked and lived in China. Look for a good VPN provider to access facebook. It is blocked that is why it cannot be accessed there but it is not against the law. It is just chinese paranoia creeping in.
Yes! And it's absolutely FREE!
1) Download the Tor Browser:
http://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
2) Find the proxy server from a country where Facebook is legal.
Just Google, there're a lot of sites with proxy lists, like that:
http://freeproxylists.com/us.html
3) Set up the Tor Browser (write the IP adress and port of the proxy server) and use!
1) Download the Tor Browser:
http://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
2) Find the proxy server from a country where Facebook is legal.
Just Google, there're a lot of sites with proxy lists, like that:
http://freeproxylists.com/us.html
3) Set up the Tor Browser (write the IP adress and port of the proxy server) and use!
Jesus christ, people really are talking out of their arses here.
Simply download the program "Freedur", pay $10 a month and you can now visit Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It will slow your connection down ever so slighty, but nothing worth mentioning.
Used this while I worked in PRC for 6 months. If you are near Hong Kong, you can use a wi-fi spot there to download it, since there is no censorship in Hong Kong.
Simply download the program "Freedur", pay $10 a month and you can now visit Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It will slow your connection down ever so slighty, but nothing worth mentioning.
Used this while I worked in PRC for 6 months. If you are near Hong Kong, you can use a wi-fi spot there to download it, since there is no censorship in Hong Kong.
Cheers
Thanks for the help everyone. I have got it working with a VPN, costs $34 a year but it works very well.
I have been told I don't have to worry about being thrown into prison, my chinese wives dad is a government official and he said it's ok and at the very worst it is no worse than a parking ticket.
Thanks for the help everyone. I have got it working with a VPN, costs $34 a year but it works very well.
I have been told I don't have to worry about being thrown into prison, my chinese wives dad is a government official and he said it's ok and at the very worst it is no worse than a parking ticket.
Why has Facebook been blocked over there anyway? Facebook would earn so much more revenue if the massive population in China had access to it...
well i don't have a definitive answer but it's probably the Chinese government that is blocking it and not Facebook itself preventing access, and i bet China doesn't care at all about Facebook's potential revenue.
It is the government that is blocking it, it's not just facebook but most social networking sites like twitter, YouTube etc. I guess they don't want the public seeing what the rest of the world is upto or something like that.
I'm not that big on facebook but it's the best way with keeping in touch with frends and family while I am away.
I'm not that big on facebook but it's the best way with keeping in touch with frends and family while I am away.
I think Hong Kong still has many of those sites, including facebook. Are you going to Hong Kong by any chance?
^Yea my friend just went to hong kong and she accessed facebook (well im assuming) because she was posting up pictures while she was there
WOW! Thats great, you're an American going to China, trying to access Facebook. I can see this become an international Breaking news topic on CNN. You're going to get your head chopped off. Dude you really have to look into the laws before you go to another country. Not trying to be a jerk, I just wouldn't want to see a fellow American get screwed by some whack jobs. Be careful man.
They won't chuck you in the slammer unless your in a communist part of China perhaps. Anyway, they wouldn't want to do that, it would be BAD publicity!
From what I've heard I don't think its a good idea...Idk about you but I don't want to get caught, arrested and hung by my testicles while two 3 feet tall asians beat me with a red star because I needed to update my facebook status to "LoL china is so awesome!".
Publicity? ... what, that you disappeared never to be heard from again?
and are now working in a melamine factory
You can just imagine the headline: AMERICAN MAN VISITING CHINA CHUCKED IN JAIL FOR USING FACEBOOK
It would scare a lot of tourists away from going there because they'd think the Chinese authorities were loonies and will put them away forever for pretty much no reason.
-Just stick to Hong Kong. There a lot of the communist rules don't apply and your protected from the looney chinese authorities
You can just imagine the headline: AMERICAN MAN VISITING CHINA CHUCKED IN JAIL FOR USING FACEBOOK
It would scare a lot of tourists away from going there because they'd think the Chinese authorities were loonies and will put them away forever for pretty much no reason.
-Just stick to Hong Kong. There a lot of the communist rules don't apply and your protected from the looney chinese authorities
people actually visit mainland China?