The place to ask China-related questions!
Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chengdu Xi'an Hangzhou Qingdao Dalian Suzhou Nanjing More Cities>>

Categories

Close
Welcome to eChinacities Answers! Please or register if you wish to join conversations or ask questions relating to life in China. For help, click here.
X

Verify email

Your verification code has been sent to:

Didn`t receive your code? Resend code

By continuing you agree to eChinacities's Privacy Policy .

Sign up with Google Sign up with Facebook
Sign up with Email Already have an account? .
Posts: 27

Governor

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Q: Which web browser is best to use in China?

Back home I'm a Chrome user, so far however it hasn't been a great experience. I've also tried Internet Explorer and even the Chinese one 360 but my girlfriend and I couldn't find a way to show it in English.

 

Can anyone recommend what they have found to be the best web browser for use in China? Perhaps also some extensions or add on's that were helpful.

 

Cheers

8 years 36 weeks ago in  Web & Technology - China

 
Highest Voted
Posts: 5732

Emperor

3
3
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

mozilla is my choice but recently mozilla and adobe flash are making my surfing experience quite a headache

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Answers (16)
Comments (5)
Posts: 5732

Emperor

3
3
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

mozilla is my choice but recently mozilla and adobe flash are making my surfing experience quite a headache

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2231

Shifu

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Opera. The version is important, from my experience the latest usually isn't the best. The older ones (search 'old version opera browser') are better. I found ver 22.0.1 (June 2014) best.  www.opera.com

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2774

Emperor

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

I agree with Mr ambivalentmace, firefox does the job well and in my experience responds faster than chrome. Forget IE unless you have the patience of a zen monk.

 

FIrefox is pretty much unheard of in China as most prefer the virus collecting 360 scam products (because it's free) which may be why it appears faster than others. Less people connecting to the servers. But as Mr a points out, they have disabled Flash on the browser due to some concerns over security which is a little bothersome. Firefox has that neat add-on that translates pages too.

 

According to a chinese IT buddy, companies pay 360 to make their spyware/malware invisible to their scans. It is damn near impossible to remove once you have it, especially the "virus" scanner. It looks like it is gone but is hiding away. Cunning.

Lord_hanson:

I have suspected this about 360 for a long time. It is a b*tch to uninstall. That is the first thing I do when I get a new computer to work with in China, deleted all Chinese software. It makes a massive difference once you do but it can take about an hour since Chinese software usually installs lots of 3rd party software without your permission.

8 years 36 weeks ago
Report Abuse

Quinn68:

Which FF add-on are you referring to? There are several translation extensions, but I have only used Google Translator for FF. It does its job, but I feel like it could be better.

8 years 36 weeks ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 4495

Emperor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

I was Safari for as long as I can remember, always updated, but about six months ago I started using Opera cuz I felt there had to be something better than Safari.  Well I've been using Opera pretty steady since then, Seems to work fine for me, but I don't think I do anything very intensive on my computer.  Just regular stuff,,,, reading news sites, here on echinacities, download a flick from yts.to, Skype, VPN sometimes (half-assed performance at best).

Version:30.0.1835.88Update stream:StableSystem:Mac OS X 10.10.4 64-bit

 

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2578

Emperor

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

I use Chrome ..95% of the time....IE or Firefox if I am having an issue with Chrome...all kept up to date.

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2310

Shifu

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

here with 99% of Firefox always updated, rest with very old version of Opera (ver 12.15) and a tiny bit of IE. Chrome is Ram-eater and not working plug-ins here make it unusable for me.

Report Abuse
8 years 36 weeks ago
 
Posts: 27

Governor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

I've tried a few of the options that were suggested over the last week or so and have had varying levels of success. Mainly using Firefox to get things done. Thanks to Mr A and all others that left a reply.

Report Abuse
8 years 34 weeks ago
 
Posts: 3269

Emperor

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

sometimes there are programmes that have a browser mode built in. i often found that whatever browsing limitations authorities put into effect for regular browsers would not always work on these programmes. Vuze download manager is an example: although it doesn't automatically search in thepiratebay, i could reach it with the address bar where regular browsers couldn't get through.
have a look around your software, and ypu might be surprised which programmes have built-in browsers, and how effective they are.

Report Abuse
8 years 34 weeks ago
 
Posts: 6

Governor

0
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
1

I would recommend Opera. I used it 100% of the time, no problems for me at all.

Report Abuse
7 years 29 weeks ago
 
Posts: 5732

Emperor

2
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
2

I recently got a recommendation for a Firefox version from Mozilla called "Pale Moon', it was said it was faster with some features not commonly used eliminated for speed.

Anybody ever try this one?

5 years 34 weeks ago
Report Abuse
5 years 34 weeks ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
5 years 34 weeks ago
 
Posts: 64

General

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

maxthon, and uc are the only chinese browsers that comes in english.

Report Abuse
5 years 33 weeks ago
 
Posts: 64

General

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

aside from that you have sogou, 360, baidu, and qq who all offer browsers in chinese

Report Abuse
5 years 33 weeks ago
 
Posts: 5732

Emperor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/microsoft-cybersecurity-expert-please-stop-171219619.html

 

time for it to be confiscated by CHina, and of course change the narrative, we invented it and it's ours.

Report Abuse
5 years 7 weeks ago
 
Posts: 258

Shifu

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

I uses Firefox in conjunction with a good VPN. Took me years of trial and error, but I have it all modded out specifically for China with various security and privacy extensions and scripts that allow me to browse the web virtually unimpeded by China's elite cybersecurity warriors. I could create an even more secure browsing experience than I have now, but I would end up breaking too many pages and I feel my firewall is impregnable to any general attack. If I felt I was being specifically targeted, I could always take to to the next level.

Report Abuse
5 years 6 weeks ago
 
Posts: 1

General

1
1
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

Tor + vpn + duckduckgo search engine

Quinn68:

Wow, that's hardcore.

5 years 6 weeks ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
5 years 6 weeks ago
 
Know the answer ?
Please or register to post answer.

Report Abuse

Security Code: * Enter the text diplayed in the box below
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <br> <p> <u>
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Textual smileys will be replaced with graphical ones.

More information about formatting options

Forward Question

Answer of the DayMORE >>
A:  "... through ..."?  Only "through" comes to mind is "S
A: "... through ..."?  Only "through" comes to mind is "Shenzhen agent can connect you with an employer, who's authorized to hire waigouren ... and can sponsor Z visa." It's not like every 10th person you meet in Shenzhen's hood can sponsor work visa ...  The only way to change student visa to labourer one is just a regular way by: 1. Finding an employer, who'll apply for an Invitation letter; 2. Exit China and apply for Z visa in your home country's Chinese embassy; 3. Enter China in 30-days after Z visa was stamped into your travelling instrument ...As I am aware, you won't be able to switch to Working permit by remaining in China....,so make ready for a return to your home .... -- icnif77