Facebook is not necessary for Chinese, but Chinese want to use services without censorship.
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It is undeniable that China is growing up with science and technology, though there are too many pirates working on 'science and technology' to cheat the gov of fame and money.
As a Chinese, I think it's wonderful but there are some mistake with part-of-speech.
Why Python, Ruby, Javascript, Java, PHP, and etc is Not My Favorite Programming Languages. That's subjective and completely worthless for others.
Just use CloudFlare, it’s easy.
Agree with Gys.
I’m uneasy at my data hosted on your webapp. I think it’s better to manage my data with a desktop application.
This title gives ambiguity to readers.
CloudFront, the CDN from Amazon, have already been blocked by the GFW. But you can use CloudFlare or Baidu's CDN, etc.
I don't think it's suitable to distribute the backups until shadowsocks is fade from the gov's memory.
Use Chinese CDN (such as Upyun, Baidu CDN, Qiniu and Aliyun) for http file downloading (with a subdomain provided by the CDN or you'll need to apply permissions at MIIT as ICP) instead of rsync or ssh tunnel. Or rsync your data to Japanese Servers (Linode, GMO, etc) and ask your customers to download through http or https.
Long live the shadowsocks.
People who do not yield to the GFW already made backups of all the repos under github.com/shadowsocks. And new tools to bypass the GFW is under development.