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Questions tagged [great-firewall-of-china]

A blanket term to refer to legislation and projects initiated by the Chinese government that attempt to regulate and censor parts of the internet in Mainland China.

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Can I use google analytics in China

I'm working on an iOS app which has a majority of chinese users, and I'm planning to use google analytics in my app, but I'm not sure whether I can get accurate data, since I'm not sure whether it is blocked. So can I use GA in China? If not, what…
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Switching between Youku and YouTube based on whether you're in China

I'm hosting a conference website where I want to embed a Youku video if you're in China and a YouTube video otherwise. The conference website is being served through a CDN inside the Great Firewall. I was given the code below to switch between…
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How to publish my Android app on Tencent or 360 mobile?

I have a fully working APK of an Android application I have developed. The app only have ads and some basic functions, not any Google Admob ads or any Google in-app purchases. I wish to market this app to China, but the Google Play store is…
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How to setup an intermediate git server? And is it advisable?

Current Situation My team is based in Singapore. We needed to install a Django web app inside China for speed reasons for an enterprise client for intranet usage. So we did it like this. What's wrong? The git clone is painfully slow and our files…
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AWS Lambda + Serverless framework - Make website accessible from China

I'm trying to understand the various steps and requirements I need to go through in order to make our website available from China, both on the regulation side (Great Firewall) but also on the technical side (technical limitations and changes to…
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Testing ios app with great firewall of China

I have an existing iOS app that is available on the appstore and works well except that users tell me (via appstore reviews) that it (sometimes) does not work in China. Since the app uses http webservices to a european server and streaming video…
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How to use the Tsinghua mirrors of Hackage and Stackage with Haskell Stack package manager

I'm using version 2.1.1 of the Haskell Stack package manager. Tsinghua University provides a mirror of Hackage that is available behind the Chinese firewall, as described on https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/help/hackage/. When I follow those…
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How do you determine if a device is behind China's great firewall with the iOS SDK?

Because of issues reaching our normal endpoints hosted outside of China reliably when the user is behind the great firewall, we're looking for a way to reliably determine if the user is currently behind the great firewall and use a different set of…
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Simulate app with Firebase services in China

My app uses FireBase services such as notifications, crash reports and more. I know that some Google services are blocked in China, is there a way for me to simulate (from outside China) how my app will perform in China in order to test what…
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Is there any issue delivering notifications through GCM/FCM to devices based in China

We have a global mobile app with push notifications and we are planning to use GCM/FCM service for push notifications. As I understand, Google and playstore is blocked in China, is there any restrictions / block on GCM as well? Will the push…
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Firebase analytics in China

I recently added Firebase analytics to my iOS app and I was wondering if Firebase analytics can track app usage in China? The thing is, we get a lot of downloads from China and tracking app usage in China is pretty important. Some context, I…
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WorkManager NetworkType.CONNECTED not working behind Great Firewall of China

We have an android 8.1 device running in China. The device needs to upload photos for archiving to a server when connected to the internet. Following Google's recommendations, this is implemented with WorkManager and an 'UploadPhotoWorker'. On…
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Is there a way to query for Firestore in China?

It seems like the queries for Firestore are blocked in China, as are many services of Google. Is there a way to bridge Firestore to China? I managed to find a post on bridging Firebase authentication (Using Firebase authentication and Firestore in…
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Optimize Angular 4 website for China use

I need to optimize an Angular 4 website that use Azure as a database services. It seems that when the site is open from China, "The Great Firewall" is blocking all loading libraries and services as Google Search, Google Maps,Facebook services and…
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Is there a way to test my site for js errors (specifically in china)

Chinese users of my site are reporting issues, i'm thinking that some js files must be getting blocked. does anyone have a good way for me (outside china) to debug the issue.
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