I've been living in China for almost a decade now. One big headache has always been getting over the Great Firewall.
In the past I used Astrill for years. Last year I switched to ExpressVPN. Both services experience frequent outages, especially when things get politically sensitive. There is, however, a free alternative: Opera.
That's right, the browser Opera comes with a built in VPN service. If you want to access to Youtube, Facebook, or Gmail, it is perfectly adequate--oftentimes outperforming paid services. The only downside is that Opera servers aren't country specific. In other words, you won't be able to use it to access Netflix or BBC iPlayer or anything with country specific restrictions.
Still, it's free. And it's a great backup. Even if you have a paid service, get Opera on your computer just in case. Over the last two months, as my ExpressVPN subscription was winding down, I have repeatedly used Opera's VPN when Express was acting up.
It's a great service. Do yourself a favor, use it.
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