It was China Netcom last time. Now, it's China Telecom.
(ref: http://forums.verizon.com/t5/FiOS-Internet/Connectivity-problem-from-Verizon-to-Asia/m-p/646257)
MTR:
HOST: alex-macmini.local Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- 10.21.1.1 0.0% 10 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.0
2.|-- l100.lsanca-vfttp-75.verizon-gni.net (72.67.93.1) 0.0% 10 8.5 8.9 5.7 21.5 4.5
3.|-- g1-2-0-3.lsanca-lcr-22.verizon-gni.net (130.81.223.8) 0.0% 10 9.5 12.2 9.1 26.4 5.1
4.|-- ae10-0.lax01-bb-rtr2.verizon-gni.net (130.81.199.106) 0.0% 10 10.7 11.1 9.9 15.7 1.6
5.|-- 0.ae4.xl4.lax1.alter.net (140.222.227.129) 0.0% 10 14.9 13.5 10.3 15.9 1.9
6.|-- 0.xe-11-2-0.gw2.lax1.alter.net (152.63.4.197) 0.0% 10 15.1 13.6 11.9 15.5 1.1
7.|-- internet-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.230.74) 20.0% 10 336.4 324.1 302.2 336.4 10.5
8.|-- 202.97.90.129 10.0% 10 333.8 325.4 299.6 339.0 10.8
9.|-- 202.97.51.137 10.0% 10 500.4 489.1 459.6 503.8 12.8
10.|-- 202.97.34.81 30.0% 10 504.0 491.6 455.9 504.7 16.9
11.|-- 202.97.33.169 10.0% 10 513.5 501.7 480.6 517.4 11.1
12.|-- 119.147.222.34 10.0% 10 497.0 485.0 448.9 502.8 15.3
13.|-- 119.147.222.202 50.0% 10 502.0 482.7 452.6 502.0 18.2
14.|-- 119.147.27.226 10.0% 10 508.3 499.6 474.5 516.8 13.2
15.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16.|-- 183.60.57.155 0.0% 10 507.1 494.4 477.4 507.1 9.1
Note 7, 8, 9 are in China. 20% gateway packet loss? Unacceptable. Consider how badly TCP was designed, congestion control would render the link useless.