Kuniao Browser Explained

Kuniao Browser
Developer:Beijing Jutianneng Culture Media Co, Ltd.
Operating System:Android
iOS
Microsoft Windows
Language:Simplified Chinese
Language Count:1
Genre:Web browser
License:Proprietary freeware
Website:Web site: 酷鸟浏览器 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191114004232/https://ie.kuniao.com/ . 2019-11-14.

Kuniao Browser (Chinese: 酷鸟浏览器) is a web browser developed by Beijing Jutianneng Culture Media Co, Ltd. It allowed users within mainland China to view filtered versions of certain websites normally blocked by the Great Firewall.[1] [2]

The browser proxy is based in Hong Kong on Tencent Cloud, and could access Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter. It could also search for Tiananmen, Xi Jinping, and other searches that had been blocked, with the only legal search websites being Xinhuanet and China Daily websites. on November 15, 2019, the browser was blocked by the government from accessing websites.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 不死鸟 | 酷鸟浏览器:合规合法的出国浏览器?. November 14, 2019. 中国数字时代.
  2. Web site: 2019-11-16 . 自称中国首款"合法"翻墙神器,酷鸟两天后一命呜呼 . 2023-11-03 . voachinese.com . zh.
  3. Web site: Chinese web browser that offered access to Google disappears. November 18, 2019. South China Morning Post.