Dear all, My brief response if anyone finds it helpful! Best, Zach ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Zachary Hershey <zhershey@sas.upenn.edu> Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [Song-Yuan Listserv] internet/email in China? To: <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> Dear Dr. Bossler, In terms of access to email, I would suggest setting up another email address through a service such as Yahoo which you can then forward your emails through. That worked for me last year and is probably the best way to ensure email access. That being said, there are a variety of paid VPNs that still work alright in China, and some of the university VPNs do still work. I know the University of Washington VPN still works, but the VPN program needs to be set up prior to travelling, not sure about other ones. If you are willing to drop some money on a paid service, that would allow you to directly access your gmail accounts, but you never know when the VPN service provider might be targeted for blocking, hence my suggestion of setting up a forward email through a service that isn't blocked. Here is a recently published list of working paid VPN services for your reference! https://www.techradar.com/news/best-vpn-for-china-our-5-top-choices Hope that this helps and you are able to stay connected while away! Best, Zach On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:18 PM Beverly Bossler <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > I'll be visiting China for the first time in some years, and my > understanding is that email and internet access are far more restricted > than they used to be. My campus has told me I probably won't be able to > access my regular campus account (which is run through gmail), and the > campus VPN is blocked. Any advice about how to stay in communication? > Thanks much, > Beverly > > -- > Beverly Bossler > Professor, History > University of California, Davis > > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list > Listserv@mail.songyuan.org > http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org > -- Zachary S. Hershey University of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin Fellow Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations -- Zachary S. Hershey University of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin Fellow Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Dear Beverley, One more suggestion in addition to the very useful tips above: if you're at a high-level university/research institute, ask a colleague if you can borrow a computer/log in using your own. They maybe entirely free of any firewall restrictions (but do bring everything you need to access email on a new computer; I forgot about dual authentication and its multiple requirements). Valerie On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 6:39 AM Zachary Hershey <zhershey@sas.upenn.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > My brief response if anyone finds it helpful! > > Best, > Zach > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Zachary Hershey <zhershey@sas.upenn.edu> > Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Song-Yuan Listserv] internet/email in China? > To: <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> > > > Dear Dr. Bossler, > > In terms of access to email, I would suggest setting up another email > address through a service such as Yahoo which you can then forward your > emails through. That worked for me last year and is probably the best way > to ensure email access. That being said, there are a variety of paid VPNs > that still work alright in China, and some of the university VPNs do still > work. I know the University of Washington VPN still works, but the VPN > program needs to be set up prior to travelling, not sure about other ones. > If you are willing to drop some money on a paid service, that would allow > you to directly access your gmail accounts, but you never know when the VPN > service provider might be targeted for blocking, hence my suggestion of > setting up a forward email through a service that isn't blocked. Here is a > recently published list of working paid VPN services for your reference! > > https://www.techradar.com/news/best-vpn-for-china-our-5-top-choices > > Hope that this helps and you are able to stay connected while away! > > Best, > Zach > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:18 PM Beverly Bossler <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> > wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> I'll be visiting China for the first time in some years, and my >> understanding is that email and internet access are far more restricted >> than they used to be. My campus has told me I probably won't be able to >> access my regular campus account (which is run through gmail), and the >> campus VPN is blocked. Any advice about how to stay in communication? >> Thanks much, >> Beverly >> >> -- >> Beverly Bossler >> Professor, History >> University of California, Davis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Listserv mailing list >> Listserv@mail.songyuan.org >> http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org >> > > > -- > Zachary S. Hershey > University of Pennsylvania > Benjamin Franklin Fellow > Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > > > -- > Zachary S. Hershey > University of Pennsylvania > Benjamin Franklin Fellow > Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list > Listserv@mail.songyuan.org > http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org >

In addition to the VPN services listed here, I have had good luck with Astrill vpn, which works on all devices (my last experience there dates from 2017). Best, Hilde On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 7:39 AM Zachary Hershey <zhershey@sas.upenn.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > My brief response if anyone finds it helpful! > > Best, > Zach > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Zachary Hershey <zhershey@sas.upenn.edu> > Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Song-Yuan Listserv] internet/email in China? > To: <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> > > > Dear Dr. Bossler, > > In terms of access to email, I would suggest setting up another email > address through a service such as Yahoo which you can then forward your > emails through. That worked for me last year and is probably the best way > to ensure email access. That being said, there are a variety of paid VPNs > that still work alright in China, and some of the university VPNs do still > work. I know the University of Washington VPN still works, but the VPN > program needs to be set up prior to travelling, not sure about other ones. > If you are willing to drop some money on a paid service, that would allow > you to directly access your gmail accounts, but you never know when the VPN > service provider might be targeted for blocking, hence my suggestion of > setting up a forward email through a service that isn't blocked. Here is a > recently published list of working paid VPN services for your reference! > > https://www.techradar.com/news/best-vpn-for-china-our-5-top-choices > > Hope that this helps and you are able to stay connected while away! > > Best, > Zach > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:18 PM Beverly Bossler <bjbossler@ucdavis.edu> > wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> I'll be visiting China for the first time in some years, and my >> understanding is that email and internet access are far more restricted >> than they used to be. My campus has told me I probably won't be able to >> access my regular campus account (which is run through gmail), and the >> campus VPN is blocked. Any advice about how to stay in communication? >> Thanks much, >> Beverly >> >> -- >> Beverly Bossler >> Professor, History >> University of California, Davis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Listserv mailing list >> Listserv@mail.songyuan.org >> http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org >> > > > -- > Zachary S. Hershey > University of Pennsylvania > Benjamin Franklin Fellow > Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > > > -- > Zachary S. Hershey > University of Pennsylvania > Benjamin Franklin Fellow > Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list > Listserv@mail.songyuan.org > http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org >