It was never a secret almost every western expat in China is using a VPN, I only know 2 people who choose not to use one as they love the out touch life style. Fair enough. The rest of us don’t even keep secret most of the time, it really didn’t seem like a big deal. Big business uses them just to keep their data secure not so they can watch kitten videos on youtube.

I mean Chinese companies directly market to me on facebook through direct advertising because they know I am in China. Same on Twitter. I get advertisements from the government controlled TV channels and media outlets recommending to me a variety of things on mainland China. Like right now I just took this screenshot.

Steemit will be more inaccessible than it already is.

Currently the only people, in China, enjoying Steemit to its full potential need a VPN to see the photos, everything else is ok. I wonder how this will play out.

Why now must they further crack down? They already throttle back on our speeds when they detect we are using one, which isn’t too hard to see an IP sucking up Gigs of data per day and yet no trail of what that data is.

What does this mean for China as it is pushing hard to attract foreign talent to further develop their goals?

I expect most foreign teachers will not renew their contract if they lose touch with our precious Youtube and Gmail or Facebook. LinkedIn works just fine, that’s all business. Slowly more and more expats will leave out of frustration with keeping in touch with the outside world. Doctors and engineers make good money they might stay for short periods of time.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4924549,00.html

Will this deter westerners from coming to work in China? Will all the expats that leave be replaced with new expats and will the new expats stay long enough?

It’s amazing how for granted people take an open internet. It’s also amazing that so many think that the western internet is really open, it’s just more open than China’s but they block a ton of stuff as well. Some sites work in China but not in the west.

It’s going to be troubling days ahead if VPNs stop working in China suddenly. Even big businesses like IMB and Pfizer use vpn's not to jump the wall but it's to keep their data secure.

Guess since my job is changing next after the summer I might just need to make a bigger change than expected. Let’s hope the Crypto markets spike to the moon again and my coins succeed, I retire to tropical paradise. Like the one linked below.

https://steemit.com/steem-dream/@solarguy/steem-dream-papaya-plantation-and-residence-permit-in-vanuatu-south-pacific

Wish us luck in China. I hope this doesn’t follow through as they hope.