It worries me that this thread could get our beloved Hacker News blocked. I cross my fingers, as you might see, I'm from inside the w@ll.

Is there any way I can buy a Chinese VPS to see the impacts of the blocks myself?

There's a bunch of providers listed on https://www.exoticvps.com/ .

Try vpngate:http://www.vpngate.net , Hope you join vpngate network too :)

Actully, it isn't. Better not to tempt fate.

I can't visit the link. (https://zh.greatfire.org/blog/2014/nov/china-just-blocked-th...) And I'm in mainland China. What can I suppose?