Abstract:
Claude suddenly spoke Chinese, but the first reaction of netizens was: run, Dario is fishing again! In the past two days, "Choose your language" pops up on Claude's web and desktop sides. Chinese (Simplified) is steadily ticked, and Chinese (Traditional) is side by side.
Buttons, menus, and settings pages are all in Chinese. The list of languages has been pulled up to more than 30 in one breath. The web page and desktop version are available first, and the mobile app has not yet followed.
What’s even more exciting is on the checkout page: in the drop-down menu of billing country, China is listed, and you can choose from the $20 Pro and the $200 Max.
After reading this, the Chinese blogger on
Fishing law enforcement has become a TV series
Netizens are so wary because they are afraid of being trolled.
At the end of September, Claude will receive a bonus of US$250. Someone received it in the morning and connected to GitHub, but at noon they received an email from the Anthropic security team banning their account. The reason was just one line: violation of the "support region policy."
Netizens summed it up brilliantly: The early bird catches the worm, and the early bird catches the worm.
On October 1st, Claude gave away another physical doll. In the delivery form, select China as the country, and an additional column will appear immediately below: National ID Card Number.
What others receive is peripherals, but what you receive is a real-name authentication. A small orange doll is exchanged for an 18-digit ID number, and netizens have to weigh it up for themselves.
$250, doll, and Chinese interface.
Netizens directly responded: Fishing Law Enforcement, Season 3.
Don’t be too happy, the door is still locked
The same blogger quickly came out to refute the rumor: it is true that China can be selected on the checkout page, and that’s the end of it.
In the list of official supported regions, countries starting with C jump directly from Chile to Colombia, and there are none in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.
A drop-down menu cannot change a support list. If it really wants to be open, what needs to be changed is the documents and announcements.
Anthropic’s attitude towards China this year has been clearly stated.
In September 2025, no company with more than 50% Chinese investment will be sold. In July this year, officials banned access to Claude in unsupported areas. Identity verification requires the original ID and a real-time selfie, and any copied or scanned photos will not be recognized.
Dario himself has always supported export controls to China.
This screen in Chinese is for overseas Chinese
Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, and Chinese students studying in the United States, Britain, and Australia are originally users of Claude.
In the past, they were faced with a screen of English menus, but now they can finally read Chinese.
Speaking of which, Claude’s help documentation has long been available in Simplified Chinese, and the voice dialogue has long been available in Mandarin, but the interface has been delayed until now.
I am adding this now because Claude is anxious to get out of the circle.
In a16z’s latest top 100 consumer AI rankings, Claude ranks second in terms of revenue. In terms of the number of paid subscribers in the United States, ChatGPT’s lead has shrunk from 8 times to 3 times.
However, only 2.6% of its new features in the past six months are available to ordinary consumers. To turn a programmer's artifact into a mass product, the first step is to make people understand the menu.
As for mainland users, no matter how good Claude speaks Chinese, he will only say one thing to you: This region is not supported for the time being.
Reference materials:
https://claude.ai
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