Despite what's being claimed on social media, using a VPN in China will not mean the death penalty. Here's all you need to know about the rumor and China's strict VPN laws.

Hotspot Shield: A reliable US-based VPN that provides virtual IPs in China. Works to access popular services like WeChat, iQiyi, Sina Weibo, etc. Fast speeds using its proprietary Hydra protocol.

Rob Binns, a journalist with Techopedia, said China’s increasingly strict censorship policies may explain the rise in VPN usage there.

I'm not picking a top VPN for use in China, or any other heavily censored and authoritarian country, because the consequences of getting it wrong are too high.

The measures will allow up to 50% foreign ownership of a VPN operating in China. Here's what the VPN industry says about the country's "dishonest track record." ...

Despite banning consumers from using VPN apps, China remains one of the top sellers of VPN technologies. A November 2018 study found that almost 60 percent of the top free mobile VPN apps are run ...

Roughly 60 percent of the top free mobile VPN apps returned by Google Play Store and Apple Play Store searches are from developers based in China or with Chinese ownership, raising serious ...

Bareket estimated that the bigger VPN providers may have over 100,000 users in China, if not more. In SaferVPN’s case, it’s not just foreigners living in China and businesses that use its ...

VPN services remain one of the most effective means of getting around the Great Firewall, China’s vast online censorship apparatus. In the West, VPNs are mainly used for connecting to company ...

Savvy Internet users in China can tunnel under the "Great Firewall" using virtual private networks. Even as the government finds new methods to block VPNs, providers find ways to go around the blocks.

China's latest move to crackdown on VPN software that enables people to circumvent its internet censorship system appears to be a very worrying one.

When considering the future of policing, China reserves the spotlight for AI-powered surveillance – and VPN and Telegram users are among the targets.