VPNArea is a VPN service provider created in 2012. Its headquarters are located in Bulgaria and it’s known for its high level of service, additional options at very low prices and 100% no logging policy. Without a doubt, VPNArea is a service to keep in mind and it’s worth keeping an eye on its progress […]
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When you live or are traveling in Asia, having a good VPN is necessary to be able to browse the internet without restrictions and securely. Many Asian countries have put restrictions on internet use, with China being the most obvious example (although not the only one), as many website are blocked, including Google, Facebook, Twitter
Recently, the use of VPNs is becoming more and more popular, most of all in countries where internet use restrictions exist, like China. Because of this, the number of companies offering these types of services has grown exponentially. Among these companies are many whose services are of doubtful quality and/or who include hidden services and
Update: TorGuard has stopped offering its server located in Mainland China due to new Chinese regulations on cyber security TorGuard is one of the most robust VPN providers on the market. It has more than 20,000 IP addresses and well-designed stealth connections to get around the most powerful firewalls. It also offers intelligent DNS, encrypted
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If you’re reading this article, perhaps you’ve had the desire to take off for Southeast Asia with a backpack a million times, but between saying and doing there’s a thousand existential questions you have to ask yourself and you shelved the idea. Am I wrong? If the answer is “no” then keep reading. In fact
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The heroine of this adventure. Today we republish this old, great interview! Pietro contacted me a couple of weeks ago because he’s playing with the idea of moving to China. In one of the emails that we exchanged he told me that last year he traveled from Italy to Mongolia by Fiat Panda. Wait, wait…
China has become notorious for blocking a number of foreign social media apps, like LINE, and different news websites. If you’re reading this article, you’re luckier than I was when going to China in 2009, as I had no clue that some apps were blocked. The truth is that you can still access blocked applications
FluentU: Learn Chinese Through Videos – Index What is immersion and why is it so important? How can I achieve “immersion” in my own country? What is FluentU? Why do I like FluentU? What I don’t like about FluentU How much does FluentU cost? The FluentU app In this article, I am going to review
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The panorama from Jiankou – Photo by Matteo Bosi Of all the walkable parts of the Great Wall of China, Jiankou is among the wildest: in other words it means that this piece of the Wall has still been left to itself. Restorations are reserved for the more famous Badaling, Mutianyu and Juyongguan, not just
One of the entrance gates of the Dali city wall – Photo by Matteo Bosi Located in the heart of Yunnan, Dali (大理) is a picturesque town mainly inhabited by the ethnic Bai, who settled here millenniums ago. Or better, this is the Dali Old Town, the original heart, surrounded by a city wall and
Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! Two months ago I started to study Chinese (here my plan: How to learn Chinese fast: my (lazy) way) and decided to share my progresses on this blog as an extreme attempt to keep motivated. However, a post only talking about me
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Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery or Songzanlin Temple – Photo by Matteo Bosi Perched on the slopes of the Himalayas at an altitude of over 3.000 mt, at the most northern point of the multi-ethnic region of Yunnan, as well as the crossroads of people with an extraordinary folklore and the entrance gate to Tibet: this is
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This article was born last week after I went to a private gynecological hospital in Beijing. The damned association phenomenon The fact is that at the doors of this luxury hospital (beside the bathroom that was, as usual, awful) hang up the panels with the specialization of each doctor. Given my mixed feelings of boredom
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Hello! If you are based in China, today I’m going to ask for your help. We set up a survey to gather the prices of the most common services and products used by expats living in the major Chinese cities (see below for an example of Beijing). The goal is, within a month, to publish
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