I’m in Beijing right now and it seems I have to use a VPN to access chinesepod… what is this madness?! Surely this is temporary? Or is it another symptom of the move to Taiwan?
Dan
It appears to be fixed! All good!
I think being able to access Chinesepod in mainland China should be top priority for Chinesepod as most users will live there. But thankfully it seems ok, for now.
This is weird, I’m not sure that the blocking of Chinesepod by the great firewall of china is something within CPod’s control. If you are in mainland China it’s probably good to have a VPN service anyways.
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which vpn service do you recommend?
We have not changed any of our servers since moving from Shanghai, and ChinesePod is not based in Taiwan, only the people that make the lessons 
Sadly, living in China and having unreliable internet is something we have little control over. We wish we could guarantee stable internet for our users there, but it changes on a daily basis. We do all we can to ensure users still have access in China. That is why we use Wistia and not YouTube to host our videos. Do you consistently need to use a VPN to access the live site, or only on certain days?
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Same problem… And the vpn is working, and sometimes not… And I’m using a free vpn on iOS which is working more or less fine, and one which I must pay and it doesn’t work.
Basically if it could work without.
The website and all the stuff is also based in China? That’s could explain why it’s so slow/doesn’t work…
Gwilym, as I didn’t get any answer I quote you 
For me it’s depending, when I’m in the hotel i can access to chines of but soooo slow. When I’m in the family 's house, I simply can’t access chinesepod without any vpn…
Unfortunately I am using VPN all the time while being in China, it is the most suitable way to overcome all restrictions and browse freely and securely, you can check it yourself https://www.vpnanswers.com/smoke-vpn-breakthrough-avoid-great-firewall-china/
they told me they wil try to have some server in Hong kong. But no news…
Still need a VPN from China mainland for Chinese pod… Will they pay me back the VPN?
Or did they progress on the Hongkong server?
… As everytime, we will get the answer in one year 
WOAWW:!!! Thank you for the tips! Thank you soooo much!
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Anyway, I don’t know why but it’s working right now… Any update?
China is a country of censorship that’s why many useful sites like facebook, Twitter or Chinese pod is blocked by a government but you can unblock these sites by using best and secure VPNs for China list of best and secure China VPN.
Facebook twitter are good website but useful… not sure. I can live without.
Poor review… the best vpn… im surprised to not see astrill as it’s becoming really poor, as this review.
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I’d hugely appreciate if you could kindly please share your thoughts.
Recently, a new ruling means that all VPN providers wishing to provide VPNs for Chinese VPN users need to register the VPN in China. It’s no big deal. Registered VPNs are perfectly legal and as long as the user uses them for legal reasons there are no problems.
I use VPN Express and have had no issues.
NordVPN is one that I just used in the Spring of 2018 and it worked well.