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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