You can easily connect to internet in every Starbucks shop in Beijing (Some shops need Password, but you can ask it form frontdesk).

The ADSL is available in Beijing for foreigners (You can ask your house owner for it, in fact don't need, you can apply it in China Union business lobby or China Telecom business lobby), the ADSL speeds is up to 4MB/s for personal use. Current rates for China Union 512K ADSL are RMB120/month. Installations take less than 7 working days from application. The download speeds for foreign sites are not always the same, because of the GFW.

Blocked Foreign Websites List:

• Youtube.com
• Blogspot.com
• Facebook.com
• WordPress.com
• Twitter.com

These websites as Forbes.com, BBC.co.uk, yahoo.com, Google.com, CNN.com are reachable in Beijing, If there is any other website was blocked, we are welcome you to send us an email.

GPRS services are available in most parts of China, but not in remote areas. You can get GPRS on a monthly billed mobile phone or on a 6 month pre-paid card that can be used in a PCMCIA or USB GPRS modem. 3G services are not available in Beijing but are expected soon.

BTW, most Mcdonalds and KFC shops don't provide internet connection, even they claimed that they have free Wireless connect service.