Originally Posted by
mosburger
I decided years ago not to use a VPN connection while in China. This decision has made sites like Baidu, Youku etc. a lot more familiar which I am not too unhappy about. Localization if you wish...
Also, while at it, I hope we do not get too political here in the China travel forum, for obvious reasons. Happy festive season to all!

Fair enough: but I have yet to find a search engine as competent as google. Not to find where to go for a burger, but for work-related information.
And given one of my four email addresses is gmail, that adds an added incentive.
tb