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Ok - I went to advanced options, typed in 'firewall' and searched in North East Asia. Found the following:

"… , anyone in China who wants to get around the firewall can choose between two well-known and dependable alternatives: the proxy server and the VPN.
A proxy server is a way of connecting your computer inside China with another one somewhere else—or usually to a series of foreign computers, automatically passing signals along to conceal where they really came from.
You initiate a Web request, and the proxy system takes over, sending it to a computer in America or Finland or Brazil. Eventually the system finds what you want and sends it back. The main drawback is that it makes Internet operations very, very slow. But because most proxies cost nothing to install and operate, this is the favorite of students and hackers in China.

A VPN, or virtual private network, is a faster, fancier, and more elegant way to achieve the same result. Essentially a VPN creates your own private, encrypted channel that runs alongside the normal Internet.
From within China, a VPN connects you with an Internet server somewhere else. You pass your browsing and downloading requests to that American or Finnish or Japanese server, and it finds and sends back what you’re looking for.
The GFW doesn’t stop you, because it can’t read the encrypted messages you’re sending."

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"If you're using wi-fi and an anonymizer it's no problem at all."

#1. grand proxy xx .com .- go to ‘related’ r.h.side

#2. an ony mouse
#3. http://() ros()in() strument.() com()/cgi()-proxy().htm .. -

#1.ignore the spaces and the xx, put in www to start
#2. ignore spaces, put in www to start, add (dot) org
#3. delete all ()
(Hopefully my 'encryptation' will allow you to at least try these sites.)

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If you want to download to your kindle while travelling,buy the 3G version.Having said that,I still dont think the kindle is optimal for travel guides and information.I would far prefer a tablet that is 5 or 7 inches,has 3G and weighs roughly what a kindle does.It is quicker than a Kindle and you can access the internet and has touch technology as well as e-reading..Currently all the tablets are much heavier.Soon,though,there will be many light tablets that will be ideal travelling internet machines and e-readers.

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