Internet Filtering in China in 2004 2005 

B. Proxy Testing Results 

1. Falun Gong 

Every site we tested related to the Falun Gong movement was blocked in both of our tests.   

Figure 3   Falun Gong Sites 

Sites Tested 

In State Result 

Proxy Result 

http://www.faluncanada.net/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.falundafa.org/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.faluninfo.net/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.fofg.org/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.faluninfo.net/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.stanford.edu/group/falun/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/falun.htm 

Blocked 

Blocked 

Total (7 sites) 

100% 

100%   

2. News 

Our news testing focused on sites that China has blocked previously, including Epoch Times, 

Boxun (also known as Peacehall), the Voice of America service, and the BBC.  Our results confirm that 

China filters these news sources, at a number of different URLs.  The in state and proxy tests returned 

different results with regards to the two sites hosted within China itself.  Further research is necessary to 

determine the extent to which these sites make available content China otherwise attempts to filter.       

Figure 4   News Sites 

Sites Tested  

In State Result 

Proxy Result 

http://www.boxun.com.cn/ 

Accessible 

Blocked 

http://www.voanews.95.cn/ 

Accessible 

Blocked 

http://www.epochtimes.com/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.peacehall.com/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.voa.gov/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

http://www.voanews.com/ 

Blocked 

Blocked 

Total (7 sites) 

71% 

100% 

3. Political Topics 

In this category, we checked sites containing anti Communist content, pages with material related 

to the Tiananmen Square incident, the site for the non governmental organization Human Rights in 

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