Comment VPN must for technical research in China (Score 2) 106
A VPN is a must living in China for technical research. Even Baidu's Chinese language result list is bad. I know they have the same information as google,( I see the bot searching my sites), but the order is terrible. Most of the world advance research in computers is in English. but Baidu English sorting algorithm is very much like the funny Chinglish signs. For an engineer and other professionals to have access to the full internet will be required for China to advance and integrate into today's world, BUT.
I do understand why there is the firewall. From Men in Black, Kay:" A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." Social order is very important. The amount of people in China is unbelievable until you live there. There is a different between rural and city education. A VPN is like a test, If a person is smart enough to setup a a VPN they are smart enough to handle information for the "outside", The 2015 riots in Baltimore caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The population density in China is many times that of Baltimore. so any large scale social unrest would cause billions of dollar the amount of problems.
Even with Chinese characteristic, I believe knowledge and information is required for making wise decisions and to progress humankind. That is why I rented a Linux Virtual Private Sever(VPS) in Hong Kong and used that as my VPN.