Is youtube banned in china?

YouTube was first blocked in China for several months from October 15, 2007 to March 22, 2008. Even though YouTube is blocked under the great firewall, many Chinese media including CCTV have their official account. In spite of the ban, Alexa ranks YouTube as 11th most visited website in China. read more

It was blocked again from March 24, 2009, although a Foreign Ministry spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny whether YouTube had been blocked. Since then, YouTube is not accessible from China. However, YouTube can still be accessed in Hong Kong and Macau. read more

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. read more