Hi everyone, I’m planning to travel to China. What is a good email provider to use in China for activities such as booking hotels, trains, and other travel-related tasks?

Just create a throwaway email on Proton Mail or Tuta Mail that you use specifically for your trip, SimpleLogin or AnonAddy aliases are fine too. This isn’t specific to China but travel generally though.

To add to that, OP could get Mullvad VPN and request them for a serveroverride for a location that has free and open internet so you won’t be blocked while you’re using one of their obfuscation options they offer. This is literally one of the reasons they have this option.

To add another thought, if you’re only traveling as a tourist, then I don’t really see the need to risk bringing potential attention to yourself if you’re using highly private, secure, and encrypted tools while in China. You never know when any authority may ask for your phone for whatever reason. B…

VPNs are rather hit and miss, I would look into getting a travel eSIM as they use roaming and bypass the internet filtering in China. You should use the VPN with the travel eSIM though, as the networks they use can be sketchy. More info: Travel eSIM in China: VPN Myths & Great Firewall Explained

Or just normal SIM. Not sure why linking promotional piece. Also, make sure to create an email account on an unbanned mail provider. If your ISP is small.and provide email, it might not be blocked. This is essential as a backup in case your VPN doesn’t work (and this is a very real possibility) Ju…

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Microsoft Outlook works fine in China; Proton Mail mobile app (NOT the web app) seems to work too, if you enable alternative routing. All without VPN.

ISP-provided email should work too, since it’s unlikely they will block ISP mail servers.

Gmail, on ther other hand, is completely blocked, as are other Google services.

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