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This paper is based on a preliminary research conducted in 2005 into the current level of web accessibility in China. We evaluated a few websites which are meant to be information portals for the visually impaired. Results of the evaluations show none of them is compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1) [1] Level A checkpoints and most of them are inaccessible at all. Causes behind this situation may include lack of legislation from the government and lack of accessibility awareness of web designers. However, we found Chinese Web accessibility also faces more of a challenge as a result of the complications of Chinese language itself. We hope this paper could bring the attention of both Chinese government and Chinese web designers on web accessibility and also help international stakeholders to understand the facts in China.
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Lisney, E., Li, C., Liu, S. (2007). The Potential of Web Accessibility in China: A Hypothesis on Its Impact on the Global Web Interface. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services. UAHCI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4556. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73283-9_10
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