Alipay has announced that it will not permit the Firefox users to access its secure Web page and process the payment after this August 15. The main reason is that information layout on the Alipay site can’t be authenticated via Firefox browser, and the Opera browser as well. It is therefore, the Firefox users need to download an add-on, i.e. IE tab in order to continue using the Alipay system, as shown on this page (in Mandarin).

Mozilla CTO Mike Schroepf brings googd news to the chinese Firefox fans,he said that Firefox will establish company in China, and the company will be at Tsinghua Science Park, beside Google and Microsoft.

For the world's largest browser Microsoft's IE, they will encounter Firefox challenges. Microsoft China will encountered Firefox China's challenges too. Yesterday, Mozilla officially named Gong Li, the former Microsoft China senior managers, as the CEO of Firefox China, which had been secretly build.