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  • #1
  • First Post: Jul 16, 2011 7:09pm Jul 16, 2011 7:09pm
Hi,

I am an American that is going to be in mainland China for the next year and am worried about the internet access for trading purposes. I understand that the Great Chinese Firewall is easily surpassed by paid VPN (10$ a month), however I am aware that in May, the government has cracked down on some VPN usage.

Are there any individuals in China that are actively trading using VPNs? What is your experience? How is this affecting your ability to interact with the rest of the world?

I am a position trader so the need for ultimate speed is not paramount, but the ability to read and search for information from any point of the internet is very important to me.

Any help, or advice from others who are trading from China or censored countries would be appreciated as I have not been able to see this discussed on ForexFactory before. Thanks!
  • #2
  • Jul 16, 2011 8:31pm Jul 16, 2011 8:31pm
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..... or censored countries would be appreciated as I have not been able to see this discussed on ForexFactory before. Thanks!
Indonesia Gov just censors any pornographic content. They use firewall to filter that content and no impact if someone accesses it over bypass proxy as long as he/she doesn't publish it to another.

Actually, there's no problem with everything that has no pornographic content.

Malaysia Gov censors any political content especially that against the gov policy. They rein bloggers too. Similar with China.
  • #3
  • Jul 16, 2011 10:35pm Jul 16, 2011 10:35pm
Good to know 100m. I don't think the porn censorship will affect any data sources I use for trading However, the political blogging may become a problem, as I try to dig into as many informal/obscure news sources that I can.

From what I take from this is, if I use the VPN I should be fine, even though it may slow down page loading a bit. Thanks!
  • #4
  • Jul 17, 2011 2:28am Jul 17, 2011 2:28am
Quoting Typical
Hi,

I am an American that is going to be in mainland China for the next year and am worried about the internet access for trading purposes. I understand that the Great Chinese Firewall is easily surpassed by paid VPN (10$ a month), however I am aware that in May, the government has cracked down on some VPN usage.

Are there any individuals in China that are actively trading using VPNs? What is your experience? How is this affecting your ability to interact with the rest of the world?

I am a position trader so the need for ultimate speed is not...
Even under the GCF you won't notice it, i never did when i was in Shanghai and using the net. It's gets slower outside shanghai though.
  • #5
  • Jul 17, 2011 2:46am Jul 17, 2011 2:46am
Quoting Typical
Hi,

I am an American that is going to be in mainland China for the next year and am worried about the internet access for trading purposes. I understand that the Great Chinese Firewall is easily surpassed by paid VPN (10$ a month), however I am aware that in May, the government has cracked down on some VPN usage.

Are there any individuals in China that are actively trading using VPNs? What is your experience? How is this affecting your ability to interact with the rest of the world?

I am a position trader so the need for ultimate speed is not...
When I was there, I had no problem at all. They only censor sensitive political content and some other non-trading related stuff. No need to worry. But you might not be able to access youtube and facebook, for that you need vpns.
  • #6
  • Jul 19, 2011 4:07am Jul 19, 2011 4:07am
I am Chinese.
It is true that some VPN providers are cracked down in China mainland. But I have no problem using OANDA.
Besides , only some political words are censored. I think it is ok.
  • #7
  • Jul 21, 2011 2:25pm Jul 21, 2011 2:25pm
Last time when I was in China, I had no problem logging on my account. I don't think they censor these kind of things. I'm using FXCM by the way.
Trade what you see, not what you think!
  • #8
  • Last Post: May 4, 2025 2:15am May 4, 2025 2:15am
I'm a Nigerian I trade without VPN, I love my country
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