Every time I've talked to a business that wants a web site or server backed software product for Chinese users, they've said the server has to be in China. This

Every time I've talked to a business that wants a web site or server backed software product for Chinese users, they've said the server has to be in China. This is why. Even when you do manage to get a request out, it is often laggy and worthless from a UX perspective. Linking out of the country for resources needed to load the page is just ignorant.