People in China need a VPN to access most social media apps and international news sites – and authorities seek to better ...

Last year, VPN usage in China nearly doubled ... references to VPNs from the Chinese internet.” “People face severe consequences for using prohibited VPNs, particularly if they belong to ...

In fact, despite not being completely illegal, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has banned the use of VPN software ... arresting people under the 2021 Cyberspace Administration of China rules ...

China’s latest move to crackdown on VPN software that enables people to circumvent its internet ... suggested that other activities aimed at suppressing the use of VPNs have already made a ...

China launched a crackdown on unauthorized VPN services in 2017, and their use was officially banned at the end of March this year. Many popular VPN companies based overseas said users in China ...

Following numerous attempts to crackdown on VPN services over the years, the Chinese government has reversed course and will now allow foreign entities to invest in domestic VPN companies.

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 ... apps appeared to use generic privacy ...

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 ...