Does Airtable Work in China? Data Residency, PIPL & the Offshore-Backend Problem
Airtable is a cloud database that runs offshore — US, Europe and Australia data residency, no mainland-China region. Collecting Chinese users' personal data into a base is a cross-border transfer PIPL governs, and any public mainland site it backs still needs an ICP filing Airtable gives you no in-country host for. In Airtable's own words and China's own law.