{"id":30319,"date":"2020-01-15T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dotcom-monitor.com\/blog\/?p=30319"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:03:46","slug":"what-does-my-website-look-like-from-china-test-and-monitor-performance-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotcom-monitor.com\/blog\/what-does-my-website-look-like-from-china-test-and-monitor-performance-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does My Website Look Like From China? Test and Monitor Performance from China"},"content":{"rendered":"
As we\u2019ve noticed, website performance<\/a>, especially its speed and availability, are essential to the success of your business. Availability, with no doubt, is the basic requirement. If your website is not up online, people can\u2019t access it, nothing will happen. High speed, on the other hand, improves your customers\u2019 user experience, and results in an increased conversion rate and income.<\/p>\n There have been countless studies that have shown the impact of how a slow loading website affects user behavior<\/a>.\u00a0 For example, here are some of the more critical findings:<\/p>\n Website performance is finally reflected in your sales data, and that makes it a CSF (Critical Success Factor) of your online business.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to monitor and optimize your website performance, but how different is it in China? The performance of a same website can be very different, when it\u2019s accessed from China and from the other areas around the world.<\/p>\n There are only three landing stations of submarine cables to provide network services to nearly 1 billion Internet users in China. The entry\/exit communication traffic can be overwhelmed by limited international bandwidth and huge user number. During peak hours, early in the morning 8:00-10:00 and after dinner 17:00-22:00 UTC+8, Internet speed tends to get slower, and sometimes even out of service. Meanwhile, the Chinese government deploys the Great Firewall<\/a> to block access to certain foreign websites and services, as well as to take control of data and information exchanged via it. Obviously, it also slows down your website speed<\/a>, and might even block your online services in China if rules are not properly followed.<\/p>\n To ensure your website acts as normal as possible when accessed from China, it\u2019s a good practice to pay special attention to your website performance in China.<\/p>\n The good news is there are website monitoring<\/a> tools specially designed to solve this problem. You may start your diagnosis from our free speed test tool<\/a>, and no sign up is required.\u00a0 For this article, we ran a speed test for the TED website<\/a> as the target website. The test period is morning peak hours during 08:00 \u2013 10:00 in Shanghai (UTC+8), and night peak hours during 20:00 \u2013 22:00 in New York (UTC-4).\u00a0 Below is a summary of the performance, along with waterfall charts, of the TED site from Shanghai and New York.<\/p>\n
In this current age of the Internet, it\u2019s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. With the networks all around the world, theoretically, you can do business boundlessly. However, like each country has its boundary, the world of Internet is not a world without any control. In fact, every country has its own laws and rules toward this virtual world. And the case is especially different, when China\u2019s Internet environment is involved. If you plan to do business online with China, its Internet infrastructure and the Great Firewall<\/a> might greatly impact your website performance.\u00a0 To investigate this topic, let\u2019s first check how important your website performance is to your online business.<\/p>\nWhy Should You Monitor Your Website Performance?<\/h2>\n
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Why Should You Monitor Your Website Performance from China?<\/h2>\n
How Does Your Website Look from Users in China?<\/h2>\n
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