Originally Posted by
Majuki
I remember checking all of the major sites my first time behind the firewall, and I remember being able to access FT freely. I did not venture into OMNI/PR though, so I'm unable to provide a data point there.

FT does not require a VPN in China. BUT, if you want to be on VPN, a lot of the best servers are blocked (by FT and/or Google). I can tell you that Los Angeles 3 and Santa Clara work nicely on Astrill.