Using Skype in China.

My father is going to be making a trip to China soon and we're trying to figure out if Skype would be a way for him to call back home.
If anyone has any insight into the situation I would appreaciate any tips or advice on what he would need to purchase or do to make that possible.
Thanks.

China is a more restrictive and regulated space, meaning the ISP your wife is logging on through probably won't be allowed to use access search results or software downloads from a lot of international Search sites.
To service the Chinese market, there is a special version of Skype which is issued through their officla partner - go to http://skype.gmw.cn to download the Skype app from the official site (check the bottom of the webpage for a link to display the site in English). Use that there (and if she needs credit you can login as her and add it to get around banking issues - as mentioned above).
Once your wife is back in Europe recommend that she remove the China issued version and download the standard issue version from skype.com
I'm no expert but I hope that helps

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