qz.com

Mostly blocked

26 of the 27 URLs we have a verdict for under qz.com are blocked in mainland China; 1 are not. The site itself, https://qz.com, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and blocks the connection outright. 909 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-10-26, the most recent on 2026-07-27.

27URLs tested
26blocked
909tests all-time
2012first tested
4 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://qz.comBlockedhttps://qz.comBlockedhttp://www.qz.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.qz.comas of 2026Blocked

Pages and subdomains (23)

http://qz.com/indiaas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/africaas of 2026Blockedhttps://qz.com/obsessions/chinaBlockedhttps://qz.com/279013/the-secret-history-of-hong-kongs-stillborn-democracyas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/229329/beijing-has-banned-ramadan-for-many-muslims-in-xinjiangBlockedhttps://qz.com/1001366/how-the-chinese-watch-porn-on-chinas-censored-internetas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/204180/china-is-hiding-how-bad-income-inequality-is-in-the-countryas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/272690/chinese-censors-are-trying-to-erase-hong-kongs-pro-democracy-movementas of 2026Blockedhttps://qz.com/1806639/hong-kong-protest-photos-removed-from-sony-world-photography-awardsas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-postBlockedhttp://qz.com/725468/chinas-devastating-floods-can-be-traced-back-to-corruption-and-overbuildingBlockedhttp://qz.com/311832/hacked-emails-reveal-chinas-elaborate-and-absurd-internet-propaganda-machineBlockedhttp://qz.com/737849/a-disruptive-startup-just-sold-for-1-billion-and-it-isnt-even-a-tech-companyBlockedhttp://qz.com/225932/hacker-attacks-and-pressure-from-beijing-are-killing-free-speech-in-hong-kongBlockedhttp://qz.com/108319/why-is-the-chinese-government-trying-to-get-uighurs-to-slip-up-on-ramadan-fastsBlockedhttp://qz.com/220113/beijing-has-convinced-foreign-companies-that-supporting-democracy-is-bad-for-hong-kongas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/383295/hank-paulson-on-the-chinese-economy-xi-jinping-and-what-americans-dont-get-about-chinaas of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/187350/six-charts-that-show-why-china-is-competing-with-the-multinationals-it-used-to-work-foras of 2026Blockedhttp://qz.com/20174/family-relatives-of-chinese-premier-wen-jiabao-have-hidden-wealth-of-at-least-2-7-billionas of 2026Blockedhttps://qz.com/1215546/how-china-reacted-to-the-idea-of-indefinite-rule-by-xi-jinping-in-memes-on-wechat-and-weiboBlockedhttp://qz.com/546773/chinese-commenters-are-spamming-taiwans-pro-independence-candidate-on-a-website-thats-blocked-in-chinaas of 2026Blockedhttps://qz.com/1643463/hong-kongs-mainland-chinese-split-over-extradition-protests/?utm_content=bufferbdf8c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferas of 2026Blockedhttp://blog.qz.comBlocked

About qz.com and the Great Firewall

Is qz.com blocked in mainland China?

26 of the 27 URLs we have a verdict for under qz.com are blocked in mainland China; 1 are not. The site itself, https://qz.com, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and blocks the connection outright. 909 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-10-26, the most recent on 2026-07-27.

How can I reach qz.com from mainland China?

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