far wall of china using a virtual tunnels known as v.p.n. looks like it's time might the experts say the government has no way to crack down on companies and individuals beijing wants them to use state approved software to access the internet with the aim of keeping a close eye on things. if you're in china trying to skype chat with colleagues in the u.s. think again what about surfing google or using twitter and facebook sorry game over the chinese government is banning all virtual private networks or v.p. ends these services help users to bypass online censorship but businesses also use them to move their data securely in an effort to calm fears the government has assured foreign companies doing business there that they can still access the internet using state approved portals. but many firms a nervous about exposing their data to the chinese copy this won't impact safety