
Though the government forbids the use of private VPN companies, there are some VPNs legal in China.

As each Shadowsocks user creates its own proxy connection, detecting and blocking Shadowsocks traffic is almost impossible for the GFW. When you connect to the Shadowsocks client, the connection between your device and the proxy server is automatically encrypted, by using SOCKS5. Other threat models, which involve keeping your identity well-hidden on the Internet, are areas where Shadowsocks falls short. You should use it only if your main concern is working around censorship. Shadowsocks does not help your online privacy and security. In this study, we reveal how the Great Firewall of China (GFW) detects and blocks Shadowsocks and its variants. Since May 2019, there have been numerous anecdotal reports of the blocking of Shadowsocks from Chinese users. Shadowsocks is one of the most popular circumvention tools in China. Change the shadowsocks port to 443 via /luci/admin/services/shadowsocks-libev/servers.

Change the server port on VPS in /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json to 443.Step 4: Configure Web Browser to Use the Socks Proxy.Step 3: Install and Configure Shadowsocks-libev Client.

