List of websites blocked in the People's Republic of China

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More than 2600 websites are or were blocked in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) under the country's policy of Internet censorship.[1] This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites. This page does not apply to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, where most of the Chinese laws do not apply.

According to a recent report from Beijing, a lot of larger Japanese websites were blocked during the afternoon of 15 June 2012 (UTC+08:00) to the morning of 17 June 2012 (UTC+08:00), such as Google Japan, Yahoo! Japan, Amazon Japan, Excite, Yomiuri News, Sponichi News and Nikkei BP Japan.

Also note that many of the sites listed may be occasionally or even regularly available, depending on the access location or current events.

Contents

Table of high-ranking websites blocked in China [edit]

Alexa Rank Website Domain URL Category Primary language Duration of blockage
1 Google Docs google.com docs.google.com Sharing English 2011, May (or earlier) to present [2]
1 Google Drive google.com drive.google.com Sharing English 2012, May to present [3]
1 Google Encrypted google.com encrypted.google.com Search English 2011, March to present (or earlier)[4]
1 Google+ google.com plus.google.com Social English 2011, July to present [5]
1 Google Sites google.com sites.google.com Web Hosting English 2011, March (or earlier) to present[6]
1 Picasa google.com picasaweb.google.com Sharing English 2009, July to present[7]
2 Facebook facebook.com www.facebook.com Social English 2008, July to present[8]
3 YouTube youtube.com www.youtube.com Sharing English 2009, March to present[9][10][11][12]
4 Yahoo! Taiwan yahoo.com tw.yahoo.com Portal Chinese 2011, May (or before) to present[13]
4 Yahoo! Hong Kong yahoo.com hk.yahoo.com Portal Chinese 2011, March (or before) to present[14]
6 Mobile Wikipedia wikipedia.org mobile.wikipedia.org Other English 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[15]
8 Twitter twitter.com twitter.com Social English 2009, June to present[10][16][17]
11 Blogspot blogspot.com blogspot.com Blog English 2009, May to 2012[10][11][18]
16 Yahoo! Japan yahoo.co.jp yahoo.co.jp Portal Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
20 T.co t.co t.co Other English 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[19]
21 Google Japan google.co.jp google.co.jp Search Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
22 Wordpress wordpress.com wordpress.com Blog English 2011, October to 2012[20]
47 Internet Movie Database imdb.com www.imdb.com Other English 2010, January (or earlier) to 2012
51 XVideos xvideos.com www.xvideos.com Adult English 2011, March (or earlier) to present[21]
52 FC2 fc2.com www.fc2.com Blog Japanese 2011, March (or earlier) to 2012[22]
54 xhamster xhamster.com www.xhamster.com Adult English 2011, March (or earlier) to 2012[23]
71 The Pirate Bay thepiratebay.se thepiratebay.se Sharing English 2012, February (or earlier) to 2012[24]
75 Rakuten Market rakuten.co.jp rakuten.co.jp Shopping Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17, September ?? to 19?
94 Amazon Japan amazon.co.jp amazon.co.jp Shopping Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
112 Vimeo vimeo.com www.vimeo.com Sharing English 2009, October to 2012[25]
219 Nico Video nicovideo.jp nicovideo.jp Sharing Japanese Unknown to present
223 Archive.org archive.org www.archive.org Other English 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[26]
225 Scribd scribd.com scribd.com Sharing English 2011, February (or earlier) to present[27]
227 isoHunt isohunt.com isohunt.com Sharing English 2012, April to 2012; also previously blocked and unblocked[28]
257 XING xing.com www.xing.com Social German 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[29]
277 hardsextube hardsextube.com www.hardsextube.com Adult English 2011, April to 2012[30]
282 drtuber drtuber.com www.drtuber.com Adult English 2011, April to 2012[31]
429 Wretch wretch.cc www.wretch.cc Blog Chinese 2007, August to 2012[32]
553 Google Appspot appspot.com appspot.com Web Hosting English Unknown to present
564 Yomiuri News yomiuri.co.jp yomiuri.co.jp Publication Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
610 Ustream.tv ustream.tv www.ustream.tv Sharing English 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[33]
623 excite (Japan) excite.co.jp excite.co.jp Portal Japanese 2012, June 15 to June 17, September ?? - 18
633 Sponichi News sponichi.co.jp sponichi.co.jp Publication Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
660 Nikkei BP Japan nikkeibp.co.jp nikkeibp.co.jp Publication Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
713 geocities (Japan) geocities.jp geocities.jp Web Hosting Japanese Unknown to present
1321 Technorati technorati.com www.technorati.com Search English 2008, July to 2012[34]
2056 Plurk plurk.com www.plurk.com Social English 2009, April to 2012[35]
2387 Jehovah's Witnesses jw.org www.jw.org Bible English Unknown to Unknown (no longer blocked) [36] [37]
2925 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation nrk.no www.nrk.no News Norwegian 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[38]
3876 PBworks pbworks.com pbworks.com Sharing English 2011, January to 2012[39]
4480 Sony Japan sony.co.jp sony.co.jp Corporation Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
10278 Boxun boxun.com boxun.com News Chinese 2011, May (or earlier) to present[40]
20898 Wikileaks wikileaks.org wikileaks.org NGO English 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[41]
22196 Sony Music Japan sonymusic.co.jp sonymusic.co.jp Record label Japanese 2012, June 15 - 17
24693 OpenVPN openvpn.net www.openvpn.net Privacy English 2011, June (or earlier) to 2012[42]
33553 Strong VPN strongvpn.com www.strongvpn.com Privacy English 2011, June to present (partially blocked) [43]
33961 Amnesty International amnesty.org amnesty.org NGO English 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[44]
63913 UrbanSurvival Blog urbansurvival.com www.urbansurvival.com Blog English 2013, April 2 (or earlier) [45]
71304 Reporters Without Borders rsf.org www.rsf.org NGO English 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[46]
78873 Falun Dafa falundafa.org www.falundafa.org Religious English 2011, February (or earlier) to 2012[47]
1413995 VPN Coupons vpncoupons.com www.vpncoupons.com VPN English 2012, December (or earlier) to 2012[48]
1795401 Tibet Post thetibetpost.com thetibetpost.com News English, Chinese, Tibetan 2010, March (or earlier) to 2012[49]


Wikipedia [edit]

All languages of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites have been blocked since August 31, 2007.[50] However, on July 31, 2008, the BBC reported that the Chinese Wikipedia had been unblocked that day in China; it had still been blocked the previous day. This came within the context of foreign journalists arriving in Beijing to report on the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics.[51]

Since late July 2009, all images on Wikimedia pages have been removed by certain ISPs in China.[52]

See also [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Chinese Firewall Test - Instantly test if a URL is blocked by the Great Firewall of China in real time. Tests for both symptoms of DNS poisoning and HTTP blocking from a number of locations within mainland China.
  • GreatFire.org - Test if any URL is blocked or otherwise restricted in China in real-time. The website uses test locations inside China and provides transparent test results and conclusions on censorship. Also provides a database of blocked URLs going back to February, 2011.
  • Blocked In China - Test if any domain is DNS poisoned in China in real-time. DNS poisoning is one way in which websites can be blocked. Others are IP blocking and keyword filtering.
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