As we know China has imposed strong censorship on the internet. Since we already promised that we won’t publish any politics related materials, here we just offer you a way to look outside the window.

if you want to know what life behind the Great Firewall of China is like, then the Firefox plug-in China Channel (click to download) is the cheapest and fastest way to experience using the Internet in China without actually being there.

First off, you need a Firefox Browser (click to download) installed. After installation, getting to experience Web surfing the way the Chinese do isn’t hard at all. Users have three ways to activate China Channel: via the China Channel toolbar, a navigation bar button that you must drag and drop onto the bar to get access to, and a status bar button. The buttons function by opening a menu, from which you choose to switch from None to the China Channel. Much like the IE Tab extension, the page will then render as if your IP address is inside China.

The toolbar is interesting for a slightly different workflow that results in a Web page that informs you of your IP address and its country of origin. Choose the China Channel from the drop down, and then hit the big red Go button. With China Channel activated, the page will declare that the plug-in has been activated. Switch back to None and refresh the page, and it changes to reflect your proxy server-free surfing experience.

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