I mentioned in my previous post, Hello Shanghai that, Blogger website (or blogspot) which is owned by Google is blocked in China.
There are a lot of other high ranking websites you might be interested in, that are/were blocked there, such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. I found the following sites while in China and tried to 'google' them or simply typed their domain in the address bar.
The search results varied from simply 'invalid URL', to 'server cannot be found', or the browser would just 'hang' with unusually long wait:
1. Facebook
The social website was blocked since 2008 to present.
2. Twitter
I'm not a user of Twitter but as evidenced in my test, this site is currently blocked.
3. Picasa
I occasionally use this site to store images for my blog. It has been blocked since 2009 to present. It is no wonder that many of the images in my blog wouldn't load in that country.
4. YouTube
You wouldn't be able to watch clips and video sharing via YouTube in China.
5. Blogger
Type blogspot or Blogger in the address bar and you know it's blocked. Or, try reading a friend's blog hosted by Blogger and you'll be disappointed.
6. WordPress
The famous blog platform is also not spared. it was blocked since 2011 and it still is, at least so in Shanghai.
7. Technorati
This was said to have been blocked since 2008. Tried accessing and result returned as "This page is not available".
8. Dropbox
Unable to access this site, and search confirmed that it had been blocked by the Chinese government.
9. Wikileaks and Wikipedia
Access to WikiLeaks had been blocked since 2010 and if you like to find information through Wikipedia, you are in for a tough luck, too.
10. Google+
Like many other Google websites, Google+ joined the growing list of blocked websites in 2011.
On why they are/ or were blocked in China, people have different opinion but I wouldn't speculate.
There are a lot of other high ranking websites you might be interested in, that are/were blocked there, such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. I found the following sites while in China and tried to 'google' them or simply typed their domain in the address bar.
The search results varied from simply 'invalid URL', to 'server cannot be found', or the browser would just 'hang' with unusually long wait:
1. Facebook
The social website was blocked since 2008 to present.
2. Twitter
I'm not a user of Twitter but as evidenced in my test, this site is currently blocked.
3. Picasa
I occasionally use this site to store images for my blog. It has been blocked since 2009 to present. It is no wonder that many of the images in my blog wouldn't load in that country.
4. YouTube
You wouldn't be able to watch clips and video sharing via YouTube in China.
5. Blogger
Type blogspot or Blogger in the address bar and you know it's blocked. Or, try reading a friend's blog hosted by Blogger and you'll be disappointed.
6. WordPress
The famous blog platform is also not spared. it was blocked since 2011 and it still is, at least so in Shanghai.
7. Technorati
This was said to have been blocked since 2008. Tried accessing and result returned as "This page is not available".
8. Dropbox
Unable to access this site, and search confirmed that it had been blocked by the Chinese government.
9. Wikileaks and Wikipedia
Access to WikiLeaks had been blocked since 2010 and if you like to find information through Wikipedia, you are in for a tough luck, too.
10. Google+
Like many other Google websites, Google+ joined the growing list of blocked websites in 2011.
On why they are/ or were blocked in China, people have different opinion but I wouldn't speculate.
5 comments:
Dropbox also blocked by our school but now i have a great way to open it. check this Access Dropbox from school
It is very aggravating that so many of these websites are blocked over there. How about a VPN? I tried http://www.highspeedvpn.com and it unblocked the websites I needed it to.
Keep this going please, great job!
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I have also used many softwares to unblock the blocked websites but in this regard the main issue was that sometimes we do have not have enough permission to install any software on computer at office or school. Therefore, I use a simple way to open blocked sites such as youtube, you may also try this by clicking on Unblock All Sites
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