Introducing China-Optimized Routing for Tokyo and Singapore

We’re rolling out China-optimized routing on our Performance KVM VPS line in Tokyo and Singapore, giving customers on those plans a meaningfully better path for traffic to and from mainland China without needing to switch providers or add a separate service on top of their existing V.PS infrastructure. Here’s what’s changing, why it matters, and how to get started.

The problem this solves

Standard international transit to and from mainland China tends to route through congested peering points, often bouncing through several intermediary networks before reaching its destination. For any service with a real audience in or connected to mainland China, whether that’s a website, a game server, or an application backend, this shows up as elevated and inconsistent latency that a fast server and a well-optimized application can’t fix on their own, since the bottleneck sits in the network path, not on either endpoint.

What’s actually new

Performance KVM VPS in Tokyo and Singapore now includes routing designed specifically to minimize that bottleneck across all three major Chinese carriers: CTGNet for China Telecom, CUP for China Unicom, and CMIN2 for China Mobile. In practical terms, this means traffic on these optimized routes stays on well-connected carrier backbones for a longer portion of the journey, avoiding the peering points that cause the worst congestion on standard international routes. The result is lower, more consistent latency for China-facing traffic, particularly noticeable during periods that would otherwise see congestion-driven slowdowns on a standard route.

Why Tokyo and Singapore specifically

Both locations were already strong choices for Asia-Pacific hosting generally, well-connected, low-latency to a broad regional audience, and each offers a genuinely different profile worth understanding rather than treating as interchangeable.

Tokyo’s network runs on AS3258 with direct upstream relationships to China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile, the same CTGNet, CUP, and CMIN2 routes covered above, alongside peering at BBIX Tokyo, JPNAP Tokyo, and Equinix IX, giving it strong, direct paths into all three major Chinese carrier networks.

Singapore brings a different advantage: proximity to China combined with a jurisdiction outside mainland Chinese regulatory reach, plus dense connectivity to the rest of Southeast Asia for services with a broader regional audience beyond China specifically.

Having the option to route through either location gives customers flexibility to choose based on their specific latency needs, regulatory preferences, or broader regional audience, rather than a one-size-fits-all answer.

Who this is for

This update matters most if your service has a meaningful volume of users, players, or traffic connecting from mainland China, or connecting through Chinese carrier networks more broadly. If China-facing traffic is a small or occasional part of your overall audience, the benefit will be proportionally smaller, though it costs nothing extra to have access to the improved routing where it’s available.

How to get started

Existing customers on our Singapore or Tokyo Gen 2 Performance KVM VPS already have CTGNet, CUP, and CMIN2 routing active, nothing to enable. New customers can order either Performance plan directly and get the same routing from day one.

What to expect, and what we’re not claiming

We want to be direct about scope here: optimized routing improves the network path, it doesn’t change the underlying physics of distance entirely, and it won’t deliver identical performance to every region within mainland China equally, since route quality can vary by specific destination even on a well-optimized path.

It also doesn’t substitute for adequate server resources on your end. A well-routed but underpowered instance will still perform poorly for reasons unrelated to the network path. We’d rather you go in with an accurate picture of what this update does than an inflated one.

How to verify it for yourself

Rather than asking you to take our word for it, we’d encourage testing this directly. Run a traceroute from a Chinese IP address, or use a public looking glass tool if you have access to one, and compare the results against what you’d expect from standard international transit to the same destination. A genuinely optimized route should show fewer hops and more consistent latency, particularly during periods that would typically see the worst congestion on a standard path.

Wrapping up

This update is aimed squarely at customers who’ve felt the specific pain of poor China-facing network performance and haven’t had a straightforward way to address it without adding complexity to their infrastructure. If that’s you, it’s worth testing the improved routing directly rather than assuming based on this announcement alone, and our team is available to help confirm it’s active and answer any questions about how it applies to your specific setup.

Ready to see the difference? V.PS’s Performance KVM VPS includes CTGNet, CUP, and CMIN2 routing in both Singapore and Tokyo Gen 2, with transparent specs and no oversold resources.

Frequently asked questions about China-optimized routing at V.PS

Do I need to change anything on my existing server to use this?

No. The routing improvement happens at the network level and is already active on every Performance KVM VPS in Tokyo and Singapore, nothing to enable in your server’s configuration.

Is this available on every V.PS plan?

No, it’s specific to our Performance KVM VPS line in Tokyo and Singapore. Other plan tiers in those cities, and all other locations, aren’t part of this rollout, since the optimized routing depends on carrier relationships and infrastructure specific to the Performance line in these two cities.

Does this cost extra?

No, it’s included on every Performance KVM VPS plan in Tokyo and Singapore, not billed as a separate add-on.

How much of a difference will I actually see?

It depends heavily on how much of your traffic is China-facing and what your baseline performance looked like before. Services with a substantial China-based audience tend to see the most noticeable improvement.

Can I test the routing before committing to a plan?

Yes, reach out to our team about a trial or test IP, and we can also point you to relevant looking glass or testing resources to verify performance independently.

Does optimized routing work the same for China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile users?

Not identically. Each carrier operates a largely separate network, so CTGNet (China Telecom), CUP (China Unicom), and CMIN2 (China Mobile) each behave a little differently, though every Performance KVM VPS in Tokyo and Singapore includes all three routes so your traffic gets a direct path regardless of which carrier your audience is on.

Will this improve performance for users outside mainland China too?

Not specifically, this update is targeted at improving the network path to and from mainland China. Users elsewhere in Asia-Pacific were already served well by Tokyo and Singapore’s existing connectivity and shouldn’t see a meaningful change either way.