ap.org
Mixed
Results vary across ap.org: of 29 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 3 are disrupted some of the time, 9 load normally and 15 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 1,040 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-08, the most recent on 2026-07-28.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://ap.orgas of 2026Not blockedhttps://ap.orgas of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.ap.orgas of 2025Not blockedhttps://www.ap.orgas of 2026Not blockedPages and subdomains (25)
http://video.ap.orgUnresolvablehttp://hosted.ap.orgUnresolvablehttp://hosted2.ap.orgIntermittenthttp://bigstory.ap.orgUnresolvablehttp://newsroom.ap.orgBlockedhttp://binaryapi.ap.orgUnresolvablehttps://newsroom.ap.orgas of 2026Blockedhttps://www.ap.org/en-gbas of 2026Not blockedhttp://apvideohub.ap.orgNot blockedhttps://www.ap.org/en-usas of 2026Not blockedhttp://wintergames.ap.orgas of 2026Not blockedhttps://apvideohub.ap.orgas of 2026Not blockedhttp://bigstory.ap.org/latestUnresolvablehttp://hosted2.ap.org/APDefaultas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bigstory.ap.org/tags/chinaUnresolvablehttp://hosted.ap.org/specials/bluepage.htmlUnresolvablehttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOMEUnresolvablehttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/news-summary-chinese-elite-linked-tax-havensUnresolvablehttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/factories-torched-anti-china-protest-vietnamUnresolvablehttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/report-highlights-child-labor-us-tobacco-farmsUnresolvablehttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/bbb28fc2f0ab4d72bbaec2765bbc6d1e/reaction-death-vice-presidents-son-beau-bidenUnresolvablehttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UKRAINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-03-06-02-10-35Unresolvablehttps://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/the-anniversary-of-the-tiananmen-square-crackdown-photo-gallery/as of 2026Not blockedhttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/c5905118d4194caf9bd2b4f52f4b5005/tibetan-lama-tenzin-delek-rinpoche-dies-chinese-prisonUnresolvablehttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/2a43b75f50884204b9ffb6dfe743798a/secret-historians-preserve-past-china-amid-state-amnesiaUnresolvableAbout ap.org and the Great Firewall
Results vary across ap.org: of 29 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 3 are disrupted some of the time, 9 load normally and 15 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 1,040 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-08, the most recent on 2026-07-28.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://ap.org is not blocked, https://ap.org is intermittent. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks ap.org. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
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