firemanx

I'm consulting for a small bootstrapped startup right now that is trying to build a web-based business that serves customers in mainland China. The business model itself is a non-mobile, niche market, but requires access to a few U.S. based web resources which we don't control (none are Facebook or Google related). Has anyone in the community had experience building a product for Chinese consumers like this? Our biggest hurdle appears to be constructing something that can access these U.S. based partner sites with any speed - how do you get around this beyond requiring every consumer have their own VPN?

Any other suggestions for a small company trying to make a model like this work?