Does PureVPN work in China?
As of Jul 22, 2026, PureVPN is partially working in China.
- Status
- degraded
- Confidence
- low
- Last verified
- Jul 22, 2026
- Method
- Install before arrival (site blocked on most ISPs, China Mobile clean); obfuscated servers + OpenVPN + kill switch recommended; results ISP-dependent
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 (OONI shows purevpn.com heavily blocked on China Telecom, Unicom and CERNET in the last 30 days while China Mobile stays clean; background sources agree it is unreliable-at-best with obfuscation and it is absent from every post-April-2026 still-works list.)