Companies and people need to be aware of possible cyber threats out there and take on the responsibility to protect themselves. But the Australian government could always do more to educate. As I understand Internet banking is not as widespread in China and that has lead to companies like Alipay, Tencent and Baidu filling that void.Ī3: Yes. Australians were very fast adopters of Internet banking so paying yours bills is done online with a system call Bpay. Our local taxi authorities have apps for taxis or there is Uber. The closest thing is eBay but it will take at least week for an item to get to your door if you're lucky and the range isn't as extensive. For instance, in Australia there is nothing like Taobao. Mobile e-commerce is growing in Australia but it is not as big as it is in China where most people use their mobile phones to make purchases.Ī2: Yes in Australia you can use the Internet or mobile phone to pay for just about anything! But compared to China adoption hasn't been as rapid and our apps aren't as good because of it. Most Australian mobile phone users have a smartphone and have an 3G or 4G Internet on it. Most people in China access the Internet on their smartphones whereas in Australia we still have very high desktop computer broadband use.

If you are accessing websites hosted within China the speed is quite fast because the servers are hosted locally and there is low latency between the user and the server. Daniel Rothman, coming from Australia, is a web designer who has been living in China for two years.Ī1: The Internet in China is slow compared to Australia if you are accessing websites that are not hosted within the country.

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