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EE roaming in China

Pinkfrog19 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:16:36 GMT

I'm travelling to China and planning to activate 7 day roaming to use my plan as normal. Does anyone know if WhatsApp etc. will work this way or will I also need a VPN? Thanks

Re: EE roaming in China

Pinkfrog19 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:07:07 GMT

I'm travelling to China and planning to activate the 7 day travel plan to use my package and normal over there. Does anyone know if WhatsApp etc. will work that way or will I still need a VPN too? Thanks

Re: EE roaming in China

Chris_B — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:27:36 GMT

@Pinkfrog19 Yes what’s app should work as it uses data. And yes I would personally use a VPN.

A quick google search brings up

While roaming in China, you can technically use a VPN, but be aware that the Chinese government only approves VPNs that comply with its requirements, and bans those that don't

Re: EE roaming in China

cdd89 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:53:06 GMT

EE roaming in China is all tunnelled through the UK. Therefore, in my experience (Feb 2025), you won’t encounter any blocked pages, and won’t need a VPN for this purpose.

Re: EE roaming in China

bristolian — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:57:15 GMT

You will be using the radio coverage of the Chinese networks, but your data traffic will normally be routed through EE's UK central network.

Re: EE roaming in China

Pinkfrog19 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:58:08 GMT

Thanks everyone

Re: EE roaming in China

SorayaHM — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:54:11 GMT

Hi - can I ask did it work? I am travelling next week w work and would like to be able to access Whats app, instagram, netflix and spotify

Re: EE roaming in China

avitalsign — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:12:03 GMT

Not true, last time I was there everything was blocked without a VPN - Whatsapp, google, instagram etc.