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This is a list of notable websites that are blocked, or have been blocked in the People's Republic of China. This list includes websites that are specifically blocked, and their history, in one or more regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the country's policy of Internet censorship. Websites that are only blocked in particular institutions (e.g. universities) or are inaccessible because of packet filtering (and hence may be only partially or sporadically blocked) are not included in this list.

This list does not apply to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, which have their own legal systems.

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[edit] Reference sources

  • Chinese Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org,secure.wikimedia.org), other language versions of Wikipedia (aside from certain articles) were unblocked for a period of time in 2007. On August 31st, 2007, all languages of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites were once again blocked in Mainland China.[1] They could reportedly be accessed through secure connections.[2] 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 Olympic Games, and websites such as the Chinese edition of the BBC were being unblocked following talks between the International Olympic Committee and the Games' Chinese organisers.[3]
  • Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org), and other languages of Wikipedia excluding Chinese Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) were unblocked on April 4th, 2008. However, sensitive topics such as Dalai Lama and Falun Gong are still blocked. The move comes after International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors told Beijing organisers that the internet must be open for the duration of the 2008 Olympics and that blocking it "would reflect very poorly" on the host country.[4] It is currently more accessible with repeated clicks on taboo matter causing the user to be locked out.[2]
  • Wikia Wiki(www.wikia.com) was blocked and unavailable in China. Wikia is a wiki-like website hosting various wiki databases.

[edit] Media

[edit] Previously Blocked

[edit] Blogging, vlogging, and web hosting services

  • Youtube (No longer blocked, June 19th 2008)
    • Blocked 15 October 2007[8]
    • However, it is worth noting that while a user cannot navigate beyond the main page of Youtube, Youtube content embedded as an HTML object can be viewed, which effectively means that Youtube videos can be linked to users in China and can be viewed.
  • Dailymotion (www.dailymotion.com)[7]
  • Flickr (No Longer blocked, July 2, 2008)
  • Tripod (www.tripod.lycos.com) (No Longer Blocked, July 2, 2008)[11]
  • Technorati (www.technorati.com) (Still Blocked as of July 2, 2008) [12]
  • Blogspot blogs (but not Blogger)(Still Blocked as of July 2, 2008)
  • .Mac (Believed to be unblocked as of July 2, 2008)
  • Xanga(Still Blocked as of July 15, 2008)
  • TrendsSpotting (Still Blocked as of July 14, 2008)
  • Facebook[citation needed](Has been accessible in some cities at least throughout 2007 and 2008.)(No Longer Blocked as of July 27, 2008)
  • Multiply (www.multiply.com)
  • Flickr blog (blog.flickr.com)[7]
  • Webshots (www.webshots.com)[7]
  • LiveJournal (www.livejournal.com)[7]
  • WordPress blogs(username.wordpress.com)[7] (Seems unblocked at times)
  • TypePad blogs (username.typepad.com,but not www.typepad.com and the blog administrator control panels)[citation needed]
  • Opera Community (my.opera.com)[7]
  • Roodo Blogs (blog.roodo.com)[7]
  • Blogeasy (www.blogeasy.com)(No Longer Blocked)
  • Blogsome (www.blogsome.com)[7]
  • Tblog (www.tblog.com)[7]
  • Vox (www.vox.com)[7]
  • GreatestJournal (www.greatestjournal.com)[7]
  • Yahoo! Taiwan Blogs (tw.myblog.yahoo.com)(No Longer Blocked)
  • Xuite blogs (blog.xuite.net)[7]
  • Blogware blogs (user.blogware.com,but not www.blogware.com)[7]
  • Wretch (website) blogs (www.wretch.cc)[7]
  • BlueHost (www.bluehost.com)[7] (No Longer Blocked)
  • Uni.cc (www.uni.cc)[7]
  • Feedburner feeds (feeds.feedburner.com)[7]
  • MonteCarloHosting (www.montecarlohosting.net)[7]
  • Jaiku (jaiku.com)[7]
  • Pixnet blogs (blog.pixnet.com)[7]
  • HiNet MYweb Service by Chunghwa Telecom (www.myweb.hinet.net)[7]
  • Sina Taiwan blogs (blog.sina.com.tw)[7]
  • Sina Hong Kong blogs (mysinablog.com)[7]
  • vsc168.com (vsc168.com)[7]
  • Myblog.hk (www.myblog.hk)[7]
  • Blip (www.blip.tv)[7]
  • Truveo (www.truveo.com)[7]
  • Megavideo (www.megavideo.com)[7]
  • Exblog (username.exblog.jp)[7]
  • Soup.io (username.soup.io)[7]
  • Tumblr (username.tumblr.com)[7]
  • Freeimagehost (www.freeimagehost.eu)[7]
  • Far Eastern Economic Review (www.feer.com)[7]
  • Newgrounds (www.newgrounds.com) [13]
  • Soundinbox (www.soundinbox.com/p),[7] by providing a way to Chinese people access blocked websites
  • Wikidot (wikidot.com)[7]
  • PBwiki (www.pbwiki.com)
  • LiveLeak (www.liveleak.com)

[edit] Internet forums

  • HKday.net[14]
  • Hong Kong Discuss Forum (www.discuss.com.hk)[7]
  • Uwants Forum (www.uwants.com)[7]
  • (www.student.tw)[7]
  • Sina BBS (bbs.sina.com)[7]
  • Technoforum.de(www.technoforum.de)[7]

[edit] Non-governmental organizations

[edit] Files hosting services

  • BaDonGo (www.BaDonGo.com, www.BaDonGo.net)[7]
  • SendSpace (www.sendspace.com/file)[7]
  • Flurl.com (www.flurl.com)[7]
  • Thepiratebay (www.thepiratebay.org)[7]

[edit] Online stores & payments

  • iTunes - blocked during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after more than 40 athletes downloaded a pro-Tibetan album from the service[18]
  • 博客來Bookstore (www.books.com.tw)[7]
  • TWV OpenPay Credit Card Online Payment (www.twv.com.tw)[7]

[edit] Political organizations

[edit] Governments and political parties

[edit] Personal blogs

  • Magazeta (magazeta.com)[7]
  • Robert Scoble (scobleizer.com)[7]
  • Andy Lau's website (www.andylau.com)[7]

[edit] Technological Websites

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schwankert, Steven (2007-09-06). "Wikipedia Blocked in China Again". IDG News via PCworld. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136879-c,sites/article.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 
  2. ^ a b Chao, Loretta (2008-07-01). "Facebook Gets Poked in China". Wall Street Journal. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/07/01/facebook-gets-poked-in-china/. Retrieved on 2008-07-02. 
  3. ^ "Beijing unblocks BBC Chinese site", BBC, July 31, 2008
  4. ^ Hasty, Katie (2008-04-07). "China allows access to a bit of Wiki". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10502510. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 
  5. ^ Sat Dec 20, 9:41 am ET. "China blocks access to New York Times Web site - Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet_2. Retrieved on 2009-01-07. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Zittrain, Jonathan; Edelman, Benjamin (2002). "Sites Blocked in China - Highlights". Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China. Harvard. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/China-highlights.html. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn "Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China". WebSitePulse. http://www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-13. 
  8. ^ a b c d Schwankert, Steven (2007-10-18). "YouTube blocked in China; Flickr, Blogspot restored". IDG News. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/18/YouTube-blocked-in-China_1.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 
  9. ^ "Yahoo: China Blocking Flickr Photo Site". Reuters. 2007-06-12. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281195,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-06-12. 
  10. ^ Kopytoff, Verne (2007-06-09). "Flickr not even flickering in China". SFGate.com. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/09/BUG9VQC8QE1.DTL. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. 
  11. ^ "ii. Selected Other Domains". Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005. OpenNet Initiative. http://www.opennetinitiative.net/studies/china/. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. 
  12. ^ Hertz, Adam (2006-04-26). "Access to Technorati from China". Technorati. http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/04/98.html. 
  13. ^ Newgrounds
  14. ^ "HKday.net: Opinion Board: Blocking notice". Hkday.net. http://www.hkday.net/webbbs.cgi?state=13&bid=24&from=1617. Retrieved on 2009-01-07. 
  15. ^ a b c d "Reporters Without Borders website blocked". Reporters without Borders. 2003-04-15. http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=6132. 
  16. ^ John, Paczkowski (2008-02-18). "Like Trying to Take Pee Out of a Swimming Pool …". Digitaldaily.com. http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080218/wikileaks/. Retrieved on 2008-02-20. 
  17. ^ How Multinational Internet Companies assist Government Censorship in China[dead link]
  18. ^ "China blocks iTunes over all-star Tibet album free download". Times Online. 2008-08-22. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4579783.ece. Retrieved on 2008-08-23. 
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