For all those individuals who are interested in learning about China and discovering what goes on behind the silence of the people of China, there is now a safe and convenient option to do so. Enthusiastic and curious people can now simply download a FireFox plug-in by the name of the China Channel.

The China Channel is a FireFox add-on. It enables people outside of China who use the internet to take a virtual tour of China. People who use the China Channel can browse around the internet as if they were actually in mainland China.

This virtual experience is one of a kind and a very memorable event for any internet user to experience. Individuals can get a feel of the technical competence of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry. This has been given a helping hand by companies from the West. The use of the China Channel by internet users is said to be ‘open source, free and easy’. This experience recreates the joyous virtual environment of a person browsing the internet at a regular computer that has access to the internet in China.