Blocked in China - Google & Facebook connect issue

I believe you might be losing out on players due to the Live Chess being blocked from time to time. What do I mean?

I live in China and I use a VPN (Astrill). However, if it is turned off, a lot of times the Live Chess doesn't load because it says "waiting for connect.facebook.com." At other times, it waits for googleads to load, both of which are blocked in mainland China.

This doesn't always happen, but 8/10 times it does.

Just a heads up that maybe Chinese players or people that live in China have the same problem and just give up on playing here.

I guess you are suggesting that chess.com should use your profile to figure out where you are and turn off those scripts if you are from China? 

Does anybody currently have a site that is tailored in such a way to users from China?  (If you could list examples that would be helpful.)

Have a look on the old forum, called : " connection from China ", here on chess.com.

Some solutions were given !

pretty sure the flag's Brazil

My flag is Slovenian, but that doesn't mean I'm from Slovenia. Verstehst du das?

lol, i'm joking

Me too 😜

LOL, you got me

In case you not aware, there is a Great Chinese firewall and it's requires VPN to get access to prohibited web site. Check google, best vpn reddit thread and tons of other guides to chose one, but make sure it works in China in advance.

Sorry for bringing up an old topic
I am planning to visit China next month. Is chess.com blocked there? How to know in advance?

This thread says that it is. Or that scripts it tries to run are blocked.

And that the only way to get access is to use a VPN. 

Thank you