Top VPN's for China in 2018

I worked in China from 2013-2015 (in Guangdong mostly) and I was just wondering what VPN's are most effective in 2018? I may come back to teach later this year at a university. When I was last in China Astrill worked okay however I don't know if it was the best VPN. During the big CCP party meeting the VPN wasn't very good at all (it lasted for around 5-7 days I think). I look forward to hearing which VPN's work best for you.

ExpressVPN is still the best one and the one I used while in China. I had no trouble even during the Party Congress in October.  StrongVPN has just been shut down according to my friends there now

ExpressVPN is still the best one and the one I used while in China. I had no trouble even during the Party Congress in October.  StrongVPN has just been shut down according to my friends there now

I second this, ExpressVPN is your best bet, but I also usually keep Psiphon (free) on my devices too, in the off chance that I am getting frustrated with ExpressVPN.

Has anyone tried a VPN router?

Has anyone tried a VPN router?

Having your entire connection run through a VPN would be a red flag and perhaps lead to them shutting your connection down.

Consider that normal VPN connections are encrypted but have headers on them that tell you it's a VPN and China inspects those packets. If, instead, you have the VPN that does stuff to hide that it's a VPN packet (either running it through SSH or other more sophisticated stuff), they won't know the VPN packets are for a VPN. But if you have your entire connection always encrypted, they will correctly guess that it has to be because you're using a stealth VPN.

I'm in China, typing this at my school. Google is my homepage here, at home and on my phone. Express vpn allows you to put it on 3 devices. Have been here a year and a half and have had 0 problems. Go with this...

HMA VPN is also good