Yes, since 2015. In May 2015 Baidu publicly announced full support (for processing and indexing) websites using HTTPS. Prior to this, Baidu recommended that websites created an HTTP and HTTPS version of their websites, so Baidu could process, index, and ...
Is it necessary to host your website in China, to be optimum for the Chinese market (and search engines like Baidu?) – No, but… A website hosted by a Chinese provider has the benefit of having Web pages that load ...
From a user perspective, it has been recommended as a good practice to make use of a .cn domain in China, as it indicates a “locality” for the website, but it is by no means a requirement. .com domains rank ...