In my experience (3 months in Shanghai at the end of last year) AWS does occasionally get blocked or severely slowed down in China. I&#x27;d say it was inaccessible about 5% of the time (for significant periods of time).<p>You can of course run in the AWS Beijing region which requires you to have a Chinese business presence with a ICP license.<p>It&#x27;ll be interesting to see what happens now that Google is expanding its presence in China [1]. I ran into some Googlers on the Maps team while in Shanghai - not likely a coincidence.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;technology-34698642" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;technology-34698642</a>