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books.com.tw

Mostly blocked

31 of the 35 URLs we have a verdict for under books.com.tw are blocked in mainland China; 4 are not. The site itself, https://books.com.tw, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and blocks the connection outright. 1,091 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-13, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

DNS poisoning 31 Timeout / silent drop 20 Connection failed 4 Connection reset 2
35URLs tested
31blocked
1,091tests all-time
2011first tested
21 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://books.com.twBlockedhttps://books.com.twBlockedhttp://www.books.com.twas of 2025Blockedhttps://www.books.com.twBlocked

Pages and subdomains (31)

http://okapi.books.com.twas of 2025Blockedhttp://search.books.com.twas of 2026Blockedhttps://okapi.books.com.twas of 2026Blockedhttps://search.books.com.twBlockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/web/ovsas of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/%E2%80%8Eas of 2026Blockedhttp://tickets.books.com.tw/indexBlockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/web/ebookas of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw?loc=logo_001as of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw?loc=website_001Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw?loc=M_tw_logo_001as of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/products/0010630017Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/products/0010651483as of 2025Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/products/0010369914as of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/products/0010765984Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/products/0010789906Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw?loc=tw_website_001as of 2026Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/products/0010737310as of 2026Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/products/0010756124as of 2026Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/products/0010369914Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/web/sys_qalist/qa_10_91Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw/img/002/018/95/0020189507.jpgas of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/web/sys_tdrntb/books/?loc=subject_003Intermittenthttp://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010369914Intermittenthttp://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010555623as of 2026Blockedhttp://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010574196as of 2026Blockedhttp://search.books.com.tw/search/query/key/%E5%8A%89%E4%BB%B2%E6%95%AC/adv_author/1as of 2026Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsbXso7bx8gIVQWoqCh2F5wz8EAAYASAAEgKarvD_BwEas of 2026Blockedhttps://search.books.com.tw/search/query/key/%E7%9C%8B%E8%A6%8B%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3/cat/allas of 2026Blockedhttps://www.books.com.tw?gclid=Cj0KCQjwzLCVBhD3ARIsAPKYTcQh85oKXOcxUHY2CybvxbdNPQJr75x75-ZVrHmyXk9d3eD9aHlGon4aAgOzEALw_wcBIntermittenthttp://www.books.com.tw?mkwid=snNa2NP8I&pcrid=25379651122&kword=%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2+%E4%BE%86&match=e&plid=&gclid=Cj0KEQjwsb-vBRCLj7TvqpGx_MoBEiQALgFGnkcGT_EifxAKV4FqzshHZTGBK8Q_oyDvW6d37IdYoVcaAtQl8P8HAQas of 2026Intermittent

About books.com.tw and the Great Firewall

Is books.com.tw blocked in mainland China?

31 of the 35 URLs we have a verdict for under books.com.tw are blocked in mainland China; 4 are not. The site itself, https://books.com.tw, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and blocks the connection outright. 1,091 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-13, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

How can I reach books.com.tw from mainland China?

A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks books.com.tw. 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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