A List Of 50 Websites That Have Been Banned In China

In the world of technology, one would expect developed economies to be on the forefront of ensuring that their citizens are well informed with more freedom of expression as compared to other countries just coming out of the woods.

China, the second force after the United States is working hard to leave its footprints in Africa through massive loans and taking part in mega infrastructural projects aimed at “bettering the lives of Africans.” A lie.

A school of thought has that China is in the process of using the loans given to poor African countries to colonize them as a result of “paying themselves.”

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Even as China strives to be the Big Brother in Africa, she seems to be intolerant to criticism, open-mindedness and giving her own people full freedom of expression. In terms of expression, some African countries such as Kenya are way better than Beijing.

Did you know that more than 50 websites are banned in China? Yes. Using certain websites in China is illegal and could land one either in a detention camp or jail.

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Here are the websites that are banned in China:

1. Google search
2. Yahoo
3. Facebook
4. YouTube
5. Wikipedia (Chinese)
6. Twitter
7. Netflix
8. Reddit
9. Instagram
10. Tumblr
11. WhatsApp
12. BBC
13. New York Times
14. Bloomberg
15. Nikkei
16. The Independent
17. ABC Australia
18. Reuters
19. WSJ
20. TIME
21. The Economist
22. France 24
23. LeMonde
24. Spiegel
25. Bing
26. Blogpost
27. Dailymotion
28. Pirate Bay
29. Dropbox
30. Vimeo
31. Archive.org
32. Scribd
33. Flickr
34. Nikkei
35. Gmail
36. Google Maps
37. Google Docs
38. Quora
39. Viber
40. Medium
41. Goodreads
42. HBO
43. Sony Music
44. DeviantArt
45. BigCommerce
46. SlideShare
47. Periscope
48. DuckDuckGo
49. AllMovie
50. Technorati
51. Ustream

Although some people in China still manage to use the banned websites, those found are arrested and face stiff punishments. The Chinese government has developed platforms that citizens can use while online so that it can monitor everything that one does.

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