Hi. Is there a good VPN service you can recommend that respects my privacy for the outside China nodes and also has the option to be able to load Chinese websites? My current VPN can’t access Chinese websites. I don’t have a Chinese payment method so it needs to accept VISA, which is a problem I’ve ran into a few times.
I’ve never used the company but PureVPN works for Chinese web pages. They are well rated overall too but I’d dig into a bit more before signing up 100%
The only VPN I’ve used that has am endpoint inside Mainland China is PIA (at least they did when I used it), but may not fit your criteria for privacy/ethics because they’ve had some BS stunts over the years.
If you’re mainly wanting to watch Chinese shows, many, but not all Mainland streaming sites are also accessible from Hong Kong, and a lot more Western VPNs have HK endpoints. It depends on what you want to watch and usually what kind of copyright/licensing the media has in terms of where it can stream (I never really understood why sites can have the copyright to stream in the Mainland but not HK/Macau since they’re officially part of China too). Definitely get one with a free trial or money back guarantee in case the website you want needs Mainland proper and not HK.
I don’t have any suggestions for a VPN but for payment methods have you tried Alipay? ID Verification from overseas can be hit or miss but it’s worth the effort
