subject: How To Open Facebook in China (in 5 minutes) [print this page] How To Open Facebook in China (in 5 minutes)
Open Facebook in China with a the cheapest vpn available! As you'll soon find out, for those coming to China, it is impossible to open Facebook in China without the help of a vpn. Basically a vpn changes your ip address so it appears as if you're opening Facebook from outside the great firewall. It used to be that Facebook would just be blocked from time to time, but in the last few years it's become obvious that without a vpn you just won't be able to open Facebook in China!
So if you're going to get one, don't try to reinvent the wheel. Take a look around the internet and check out the most popular vpns. You'll probably read about Witopia, Freedur, Strongvpn, and 12vpn first. These are the most popular ones. There's one called china vpn that pops up a lot but I've never really seen many reviews of it, so can't say how well it works.
I'm using 12vpn. I tried strong vpn for a while which is also a good choice, but 12vpn does it for me because of the price. For the lite version it's thirty five US dollars (the price just went up yesterday from 30 dollars - October 25) which is only about 18 RMB. That's amazingly cheap - if you're a teacher making 4000 RMB a month 18 RMB is just peanuts when you consider that you'll be able to open Facebook in china. It's double the price for a personal vpn which will be faster and have unlimited bandwidth. I don't do anything heavy duty with my internet, so the lite version is enough for me, and I think most users will find it enough too. If you don't want to be limited in any way, get the personal version. 36 RMB a month on a 10,000 RMB salary in Shanghai won't break the bank.
They have quick service and lots of resources available. The very day that you sign up for their service, you'll be able to open Facebook in China and keep in touch with your family and friends. Well, I'll stop rambling now, it's starting to sound like an advertisement. The point of the story is that if you want the quickest and cheapest way to open Facebook in China stick with 12vpn. In about three or four clicks you'll be surfing sites that are blocked in China just as if you were back at home!
