List of websites blocked in the People's Republic of China
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable websites that have been blocked in the People's Republic of China
under the country's policy of Internet censorship
. This page does not apply to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong
, (which has its own internet legal system
) and Macau
. Also note that many of the sites listed may be occasionally or even regularly available, depending on the access location or current events.
(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 31 August 2007, all languages of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites were once again blocked in Mainland China
. They could reportedly be accessed through secure connections. 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
. It is currently more accessible with repeated clicks on taboo matter causing the user to be locked out. However, this page is blocked.
Since late July 2009, all images on Wikimedia pages have been removed by certain ISPs in China.
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
under the country's policy of Internet censorship
Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. There are no specific laws or regulations which the censorship follows...
. This page does not apply to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, (which has its own internet legal system
Internet censorship in Hong Kong
Internet censorship in Hong Kong refers to the law that criminalizes the distribution of certain materials, particularly child pornography, obscene images and pirated materials. Contrary to the Mainland China, freedom of expression is well protected by the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. No websites,...
) and Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
. Also note that many of the sites listed may be occasionally or even regularly available, depending on the access location or current events.
Media
- Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – Norwegian website blocked due to the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize2010 Nobel Peace PrizeThe 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"...
to Chinese human activist Liu XiaoboLiu XiaoboLiu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China...
. - Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
– Chinese version, still blocked as of March 2010. - China TimesChina TimesThe China Times is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the four biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Liberty Times, United Daily News, and Apple Daily ....
(www.chinatimes.com.tw) – At various days in 2002. - United Nations News (www.unitednationsnews.com) – An independent news website not affiliated with the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. - WordswithMeaning! (www.wordswithmeaning.org) - An independent news and political affairs provider, blocked due to content regarding conspiracy, freedom of speech and stories regarding E.T life
- Boxun.com – Due to call for Jasmine revolution on the website.
- Ustream.tv – A platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online; blocked since April 2011.
Social Networks, Blogging Platforms, Video, Image Sharing and Web Hosting Services
- FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- VimeoVimeoVimeo is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. It was founded by Zach Klein and Jake Lodwick in November 2004...
– Blocked since October 15, 2009. - TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
– Blocked since June 2, 2009. - Google Documents
- Google App EngineGoogle App EngineGoogle App Engine is a platform as a service cloud computing platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. It virtualizes applications across multiple servers,...
- Unblocked as of November 27th 2011. - PicasaPicasaPicasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by Idealab in 2002 and owned by Google since 2004. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my...
Web Albums – Blocked since July 2009.
- TechnoratiTechnoratiTechnorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. By June 2008, Technorati was indexing 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media...
(www.technorati.com) – Still blocked as of July 2, 2008. - Blogspot blogs – Still blocked as of July 4, 2010, but BloggerBlogger (service)Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com. Up until May 1, 2010 Blogger allowed users to publish...
no longer appears blocked. Both Blogspot blogs and Blogger as of May 15, 2009, had been fully blocked. - WordpressWordPressWordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...
- All Wordpress-powered blogs are still blocked as of November 2011. - PlurkPlurkPlurk is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates through short messages or links, which can be up to 140 text characters in length....
(www.plurk.com) – Still blocked as of April 23, 2009. - WretchWretch (website)Wretch is a Taiwanese community web site; in Chinese, its name means Anonymous Lil' Site or Nameless Lil' Station. It is the most well-known blog community in Taiwan with thousands of users registered. Wretch provides free album, and blog hosting services. Four languages, including English, are...
– The largest Taiwanese blog and image hoster, blocked since August 2007; blocked as of April 25, 2009. - PBworks – Still blocked as of January 19, 2011.
Non-governmental organizations
- China Bill of Rights (www.chinabillofrights.org)
- Reporters Without BordersReporters Without BordersReporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
(www.rsf.org) - WikileaksWikileaksWikiLeaks is an international self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more...
(www.wikileaks.org) （possible to access now,2011.10.18) - Falun GongFalun GongFalun Gong is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 by its founder, Li Hongzhi, through public lectures. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving qigong exercises with the moral philosophy...
– related websites like (www.falundafa.org). - Nobel Prize FoundationNobel FoundationThe Nobel Foundation is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes. The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite....
(nobelprize.org) - Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
(amnesty.org)
Political organizations
- Central Tibetan AdministrationCentral Tibetan AdministrationThe Central Tibetan Administration , is an organisation based in India with the stated goals of "rehabilitating Tibetan refugees and restoring freedom and happiness in Tibet". It was established by the 14th Dalai Lama in 1959 shortly after his exile from Tibet...
(www.tibet.com) - Blocked October 2002. - Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (http://www.alliance.org.hk/) - Block as of June 17, 2009.
Other websites
- Isohunt
- Most websites hosted by ipage.com
- Most major pornography sites
Wikipedia
Chinese WikipediaChinese Wikipedia
Chinese Wikipedia is the Chinese language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Started in October 2002, Chinese Wikipedia had over 270,000 articles as of September 2009 and 383,391 articles as of November 7, 2011...
(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 31 August 2007, all languages of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites were once again blocked in Mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
. They could reportedly be accessed through secure connections. On July 31, 2008, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
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
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
to report on the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. It is currently more accessible with repeated clicks on taboo matter causing the user to be locked out. However, this page is blocked.
Since late July 2009, all images on Wikimedia pages have been removed by certain ISPs in China.
See also
- Golden Shield ProjectGolden Shield ProjectThe Golden Shield Project , colloquially referred to as the Great Firewall of China is a censorship and surveillance project operated by the Ministry of Public Security division of the government of the People's Republic of China...
- List of words censored by search engines in the People's Republic of China