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Third-party dependencies
Most Western stacks quietly assume services that stall or fail for Mainland China users: Google Fonts and Maps, reCAPTCHA, GTM, Vimeo, Twilio-style SMS. Every guide here answers one question — does this dependency work in China, and if not, what is the drop-in or onshore replacement? Start with the framing guide, then test your own URLs.
22 guides in this cluster
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Pillar guides
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Guide API China path — when latency and deps stall
An API China plan that still terminates every call overseas is usually the wrong primary path. China API latency is geography plus host reach — put an API China path on the slow hop.
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Guide Google Fonts China — when type and CSS stall
Google Fonts China is usually the wrong primary type path. Remap to Chinaready Google Fonts or self-host WOFF2 on a China-reachable origin — not the Google CSS hosts.
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Guide App login and payments in China — try WeChat or Alipay first
For Mainland China apps, try WeChat and Alipay first for login and checkout — the most mature consumer rails — then phone or other methods; on iOS add Sign in with Apple and Apple IAP as peer options.
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Tools & services
Go from reading to measuring
- Test your URLs from China
- China stack Landscape Living index of China-relevant services.
- China Access Acceleration
- China Product Hosting
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