Does NordVPN work in China?
As of Jul 22, 2026, NordVPN is partially working in China.
- Status
- degraded
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- Jul 22, 2026
- Method
- Native apps fully blocked per vendor; manual IKEv2/IPsec or obfuscated servers work intermittently since the April 2026 GFW upgrade
Verified working in China right now
- Astrill (medium confidence, StealthVPN (TCP mode) required; install and sign up before arrival (website blocked in-country); occasional server switching expected)
What we're seeing
This cell has not been through a verification pass yet. It is queued; we publish sourced statuses only, so until then it stays unverified.
Recent history
- Jul 22, 2026: unverified → degraded (NordVPN itself says its apps are fully blocked in China and pushes manual setup; a July 2026 in-country guide rates obfuscated servers intermittent since the April 2026 firewall upgrade; OONI shows the site anomalous on 56 percent of measurements.)