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I'm really confused.

I have a fairly international website geared towards English language learners, with Google Analytics and AdSense and links to share on Facebook, hosted on Digital Ocean here in NYC...

and, without designing for it, China has been my #1 source of traffic and revenue for many years now, simply because they're the #1 largest population of English language learners.

It seems to be working fine. I mean, maybe my share of Chinese traffic could be even bigger, but does anyone have any hard numbers showing this is a problem? Or are Chinese users aware of slow loads but just put up with it?



If your website doesn't use anything that's being actively blocked by the firewall (e.g. Google CDN), it is most likely usable in China, although it'd be quite slow.

I browse tons of foreign websites when I grew up in China. It's actually not a big issue if the website doesn't serve video.


VPN usage is popular, even more so among the educated who might want to improve their English. That’s who you’re targeting anyways right?


Those who connect to their website through VPN will not show up with an IP inside China mainland.


Don't get confused, the gov blocks websites with a clear purpose and your English learning website definitely is not on their blocking list.


Analytics and Adsense are not blocked in China.




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