The Chinese Government has shut down dozens of China-based VPN providers and has been targeting overseas services as it tightens control over the Internet. — Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: A Chinese partner of global e-commerce firm Amazon.com Inc has told customers to end the use of illegal virtual private networks (VPNs), which can allow users to circumvent Internet censorship.
The instruction comes after Apple Inc removed VPN services from its Chinese app store over the weekend, amid a government crackdown against their use to bypass the so-called "Great Firewall", which restricts access to overseas websites.
