Claude Chinese-language interface options
Anthropic added simplified and traditional Chinese as on-screen language choices in Claude's web interface in supported markets, while mainland China users remain blocked.
Claude's web interface now lets users pick simplified or traditional Chinese as their display language. China briefly appeared as a billing country option and then disappeared from settings. Users on X shared screenshots of UnionPay as a checkout option, but SCMP could not confirm it works.
- Date
- Thursday 8 October 2026
- Lab
- Anthropic
- Kind
- feature
- Access
- app only
Based on a single SCMP check; analysts quoted say overseas Chinese communities are the likely target, not the mainland market.
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