List of websites blocked in mainland China
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As of September 2015, around 3,000 websites were blocked in 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 Chinese law does not apply.
Note that many of the sites listed may be occasionally or even regularly available, depending on the access location or current events.
Table of high-ranking websites blocked in mainland China
Alexa Rank | Website | Domain | URL | Category | Primary language | Duration of blockage | Current Status |
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1 | Google Mail | google.com | mail.google.com | English | 2014, September (or earlier) to present[2] | BLOCKED | |
1 | google.com | google.com | Search | English | 2014, May (or earlier) to present[3] | BLOCKED | |
1 | Google Maps | google.com | maps.google.com | Maps | English | 2014, May (or earlier) to present[4] | BLOCKED |
1 | Google Docs | google.com | docs.google.com | Sharing | English | 2011, May (or earlier) to present[5] | BLOCKED |
1 | Un Encrypted | google.com | encrypted.google.com | Search | English | 2011, March (or earlier) to present[6] | BLOCKED |
5 | Google APIs | google.com | *.googleapis.com | Search | English | 2014, September (or earlier) to present[7] | BLOCKED |
1 | Google Plus | google.com | plus.google.com | Social | English | 2011, July to present[8] | BLOCKED |
1 | Google Sites | google.com | sites.google.com | Web Hosting | English | 2011, March (or earlier) to present[9] | BLOCKED |
1 | Picasa | google.com | picasaweb.google.com | Sharing | English | 2009, July to present[10] | BLOCKED |
2 | facebook.com | www.facebook.com | Social | English | 2008, July to present | BLOCKED | |
3 | YouTube | youtube.com | www.youtube.com | Sharing | English | 2009, March to present[11][12][13][14] | BLOCKED |
4 | Yahoo! Taiwan | yahoo.com | tw.yahoo.com | Portal | Chinese | 2011, May (or earlier) to 2014, Jan[15] | UNBLOCKED |
4 | Yahoo! Hong Kong | yahoo.com | hk.yahoo.com | Portal | Chinese | 2011, March (or earlier) to 2014, Jan[16] | BLOCKED |
6 | Mobile Wikipedia | wikipedia.org | mobile.wikipedia.org | Other | English | 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[17] | UNBLOCKED |
8 | twitter.com | twitter.com | Social | English | 2009, June to present[12][18][19] | BLOCKED | |
11 | Blogspot | blogspot.com | blogspot.com | Blog | English | 2009, May to present[12][13][20] | BLOCKED |
16 | Yahoo! Japan | yahoo.co.jp | yahoo.co.jp | Portal | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
20 | T.co | t.co | t.co | Other | English | 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[21] | BLOCKED |
21 | Google Japan | google.co.jp | google.co.jp | Search | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | BLOCKED |
32 | instagram.com | instagram.com | Social | English | Sept 19, 2014 to present[22] | BLOCKED | |
51 | XVideos | xvideos.com | www.xvideos.com | Porn | English | 2011, March (or earlier) to present[23] | BLOCKED |
52 | FC2 | fc2.com | www.fc2.com | Blog | Japanese | 2011, March (or earlier) to 2012[24] | BLOCKED |
54 | xHamster | xhamster.com | www.xhamster.com | Porn | English | 2011, March (or earlier) to 2012[25] | BLOCKED |
55 | GitHub | github.com | www.github.com | Sharing | English | 2016, Aug (or earlier) to 2016, November (or earlier)[26] | UNBLOCKED |
64 | Pornhub | pornhub.com | www.pornhub.com | Porn | English | 2012, May to 2016, April | BLOCKED |
71 | The Pirate Bay | thepiratebay.se | thepiratebay.se | Sharing | English | 2012, February (or earlier) to 2012[27] | UNBLOCKED |
75 | Rakuten Market | rakuten.co.jp | rakuten.co.jp | Shopping | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June, September ?? to 19? | UNBLOCKED |
87 | Dailymotion | dailymotion.com | dailymotion.com | Sharing | English | Unknown to Present[2] | BLOCKED |
94 | Amazon Japan | amazon.co.jp | amazon.co.jp | Shopping | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
108 | The New York Times | nytimes.com | nytimes.com | Publication | English | 2012 to present | BLOCKED |
110 | Dropbox | dropbox.com | www.dropbox.com | Sharing | English | 2014, June (or earlier) to present[28] | BLOCKED |
112 | Vimeo | vimeo.com | www.vimeo.com | Sharing | English | 2009, October[29] to 2015, Sept[30][31] | BLOCKED |
188 | SoundCloud | soundcloud.com | www.soundcloud.com | Audio | English | September 2013 to present[32][33] | BLOCKED |
219 | Nico Video | nicovideo.jp | nicovideo.jp | Sharing | Japanese | Unknown to Unknown | UNBLOCKED |
223 | Archive.org | archive.org | www.archive.org | Other | English | 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[34] | BLOCKED |
225 | Scribd | scribd.com | scribd.com | Sharing | English | 2011, February (or earlier) to unknown[35] | UNBLOCKED |
227 | isoHunt | isohunt.com | isohunt.com | Sharing | English | 2012, April to 2012; also previously blocked and unblocked[36] | UNBLOCKED |
257 | xing.com | www.xing.com | Social | German | 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[37] | BLOCKED | |
277 | hardsextube | hardsextube.com | www.hardsextube.com | Porn | English | 2011, April to 2012[38] | BLOCKED |
282 | drtuber | drtuber.com | www.drtuber.com | Porn | English | 2011, April to 2012[39] | BLOCKED |
333 | Bloomberg | bloomberg.com | bloomberg.com | Publication | English | 2012 to present | BLOCKED |
429 | Wretch | wretch.cc | www.wretch.cc | Blog | Chinese | 2007, August to 2012[40] | BLOCKED |
541 | The Independent | independent.co.uk | independent.co.uk | Publication | English | 2012 to present | UNBLOCKED |
553 | Google Appspot | appspot.com | appspot.com | Web Hosting | English | Unknown to Unknown | BLOCKED |
564 | Yomiuri News | yomiuri.co.jp | yomiuri.co.jp | Publication | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
610 | Ustream.tv | ustream.tv | www.ustream.tv | Sharing | English | 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[41] | UNBLOCKED |
617 | Le Monde | lemonde.fr | www.lemonde.fr | News | French | Unknown to present | BLOCKED |
623 | excite (Japan) | excite.co.jp | excite.co.jp | Portal | Japanese | 2012, 15 June to 17 June, September ?? - 18 | UNBLOCKED |
633 | Sponichi News | sponichi.co.jp | sponichi.co.jp | Publication | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
660 | Nikkei BP Japan | nikkeibp.co.jp | nikkeibp.co.jp | Publication | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
713 | LazyGirls | lazygirls.info | lazygirls.info | Publication and Pictures | English | 2011 or 2013 to present | BLOCKED |
1321 | Technorati | technorati.com | www.technorati.com | Search | English | 2008, July to 2012[42] | UNBLOCKED |
2056 | Emma Plurkett | plurk.com | www.plurk.com | Social | English | 2009, April to 2012[43] | UNBLOCKED |
2226 | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | nrk.no | www.nrk.no | News | Norwegian | 2011, May (or earlier)[44] | BLOCKED |
3876 | PBworks | pbworks.com | pbworks.com | Sharing | English | 2011, January to 2012[45] | UNBLOCKED |
4247 | The Epoch Times | theepochtimes.com | www.theepochtimes.com | News | English | 2003 to present | BLOCKED |
4480 | Sony Fegelstation Japan | Sony.co.jp | Sony.co.jp | Corporation | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
4956 | The Epoch Times (Chinese Edition) | epochtimes.com | www.epochtimes.com | News | Chinese | 2000 to present | BLOCKED |
9551 | SBS Radio (Chinese language service) | radioaustralia.net.au/chinese | www.sbs.com.au/chinese | Media | Chinese | Unknown to present, November 2013[46] | BLOCKED |
10278 | Boxun | boxun.com | boxun.com | News | Chinese | 2011, May (or earlier) to present[47] | BLOCKED |
14358 | New Tang Dynasty Television | ntdtv.com | www.ntdtv.com | News | Chinese | 2012, July (or earlier) to unknown[48] | UNBLOCKED |
20898 | Julianne Assange Wikileaks | wikileaks.org | wikileaks.org | NGO | English | 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[49] | UNBLOCKED |
22196 | Sony Music Japan | sonymusic.co.jp | sonymusic.co.jp | Record label | Japanese | 2012, 15–17 June | UNBLOCKED |
24693 | OpenVPN | openvpn.net | www.openvpn.net | VPN | English | 2011, June (or earlier) to 2012[50] | UNBLOCKED |
31845 | AllMovie | allmovie.com | www.allmovie.com | Other | English | Unknown to present, November 2013[51] | BLOCKED |
33553 | Strong VPN | strongvpn.com | www.strongvpn.com | VPN | English | 2011, June to present (partially blocked)[52] | BLOCKED |
33623 | PureVPN | purevpn.com | www.purevpn.com | VPN | English | 2007, December to present[53] | BLOCKED |
33961 | Amnesty International | amnesty.org | amnesty.org | NGO | English | 2011, May (or earlier) to 2012[54] | UNBLOCKED |
45645 | Radio Australia (Chinese language service) | radioaustralia.net.au/chinese | www.radioaustralia.net.au/chinese | Media | Chinese | December 2012 to present, November 2013[55] | BLOCKED |
63913 | UrbanSurvival Blog | urbansurvival.com | www.urbansurvival.com | Blog | English | 2013, 2 April (or earlier)[56] | BLOCKED |
71304 | Reporters Without Borders | rsf.org | www.rsf.org | NGO | English | 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[56] | UNBLOCKED |
106592 | Falun Dafa | falundafa.org | www.falundafa.org | Spiritual | English | 1999, June (or earlier) to 2016[57] | BLOCKED |
81758 | LiveStation | livestation.com | www.livestation.com | Media | English | 2011, May to present[58] | BLOCKED |
168907 | Culture Unplugged Film Festival | cultureunplugged.com | festival.cultureunplugged.com | Documentary Portal | English | 2013, January (or earlier) to present | BLOCKED |
186060 | Twister (software) | twister.net.co | twister.net.co | Social | English | 2014, August to present[59] | BLOCKED |
1413995 | VPN Coupons | vpncoupons.com | www.vpncoupons.com | VPN | English | 2012, December (or earlier) to 2012[60] | BLOCKED |
2761652 | ElephantVPN | elephantvpn.com | www.elephantvpn.com | VPN | English | 2013, December (or earlier) to present[61] | BLOCKED |
1795401 | Tibet Post | thetibetpost.com | thetibetpost.com | News | English, Chinese, Tibetan | 2010, March (or earlier) to 2012[62] | UNBLOCKED |
863069 | GayBookSTAR | gaybookstar.com | www.gaybookstar.com | Dating | English | 2012, December (or earlier) to Unknown | UNBLOCKED |
11517858 | Viet-Nam California Radio (KALI-FM) | radiovncr.com | www.radiovncr.com | Radio | Vietnamese/English | Unknown to present, November 2013[63] | BLOCKED |
21854158 | Australia Tibet Council | waselpro.com | waselpro.com | NGO | English | Unknown to present, September 2014[64] | BLOCKED |
DuckDuckGo | duckduckgo.com | duckduckgo.com | Search | English | September 2014 to present | BLOCKED | |
Flickr | flickr.com | flickr.com | Sharing | English | Unknown to present, October 2014 | BLOCKED | |
BBC | bbc.co.uk | bbc.co.uk | News | English | October 2014 to present | UNBLOCKED | |
Badoo | badoo.com | badoo.com | Social | International | Unknown to present, February 2015 | UNBLOCKED | |
24540 | Mendeley | mendeley.com | mendeley.com | Academic | English | Unknown to present, Dec. 2014 | BLOCKED |
21,191,422 | The Cantonese Independent Magazine | thecim.org | thecim.org | NGO | Cantonese | Unknown to present, Sep. 2015 | BLOCKED |
American Pulse Club Association | aba.org | aba.org | NGO | English | Unknown to present, Nov. 2015 | Partially Blocked (Access via IPV6) | |
Slideshare | slideshare.net | slideshare.net | English | Unknown to present, Nov. 2015 | BLOCKED | ||
The Economist | economist.com | economist.com | News | English | Article about Xi Jinping[65][66] | BLOCKED | |
TIME | time.com | time.com | News | English | Article about Xi Jinping[65] | BLOCKED | |
Bigcommerce | bigcommerce.com | *.bigcommerce.com | English | English | Unknown to present | BLOCKED | |
EA Sportkin | sportkin.com | www.sportkin.com | International Sports Registry | English | Unknown to present | UNBLOCKED | |
Norddeutscher Rundfunk | ndr.de | www.ndr.de | German Television | German | Unknown to present | BLOCKED | |
greatfire.org | greatfire.org | greatfire.org | Networking Test Site | English | Unknown to present | BLOCKED | |
26,290 | Gab.ai | gab.ai | www.gab.ai | Social | English | Unknown to present | UNBLOCKED |
See also
References
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External links
- 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.
- Inside the Firewall: Tracking the News That China Blocks, ProPublica, 17 December 2014.