Internet Filtering in China in 2004 2005
independence from China. The Taipei Times was not blocked in either test, although the proxy we tested
was unable to reach its content through a different site.
Figure 6 Taiwan Sites
In State
Proxy
Sites Tested
Result
Result
http://www.taipeitimes.com/
Accessible
Accessible
http://www.theworldpress.com/press/worldpress/
Accessible
Blocked
taiwanpress/taipeitimes.htm
http://www.roc taiwan.org/
Accessible
N/A
http://www.gov.tw/
Blocked
Blocked
http://www.taiwan.com/
Blocked
Blocked
http://www.taiwanindependence.com/
Blocked
Blocked
http://anti china.net/
N/A
Blocked
http://cti.formosa.org/
N/A
Blocked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence
N/A
Blocked
http://members.aol.com/JoJoLewis/Taiwan/Taiwan_index.html
N/A
Blocked
http://taiwansecurity.org/
N/A
Blocked
http://www.taiwandc.org/nws 9845.htm
N/A
Blocked
http://www.taiwanese.com/protest/
N/A
Blocked
http://www.wufi.org.tw/eng/chnamyth.htm
N/A
Blocked
Total (14 sites)
50%
92%
5. Tibet
China blocked significant amounts of content in this category, including both material concerning
the dispute over Tibet and sites about the Dalai Lama himself. Again, our proxy testing found more
comprehensive blocking; in state testing found www.tibet.com, the official home page of Tibet's
government in exile, available. Although the other accessible sites, one about the Dalai Lama's 2005 trip
to Belgium and one based on an extensive 1996 interview, may have proved difficult for China to locate
and subsequently block, the same can hardly be true for www.tibet.com. Its accessibility suggests an
inconsistency in the operation of China's filtering; further in state data will hopefully clarify this picture.
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