Quirks and surprises of webdev in China

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China blocks Google Facebook and Twitter so web projects need concrete changes not theory: support legacy IE6 quirks early on, expect a mobile first leapfrog where most users never had desktops, avoid heavy webfonts and Google Maps, add local payment rails like Alipay WeChat Pay or UnionPay, and consider hosting inside China which requires an ICP licence tied to a Chinese entity; build for WeChat with WeChat mini programs (1MB initial, WeLang/WXML, hosted on Tencent, mixes web view and native) and rely on Chinese Q&A and Vue’s strong localized docs.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:43Webfonts
3. 4:28Maps
4. 5:12Payment
5. 8:35WeChat in daily life
6. 10:56Mobile First
7. 11:35WeChat Mini programs
8. 16:59Platforms

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