state.gov
Mixed
Results vary across state.gov: of 48 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 7 are disrupted some of the time, 34 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS. 1,585 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-21, the most recent on 2026-07-27.
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://state.govas of 2026Intermittenthttps://state.govas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.state.govNot blockedhttps://www.state.govas of 2026IntermittentPages and subdomains (44)
http://jsas.state.govas of 2025Not blockedhttp://usinfo.state.govUnresolvablehttp://travel.state.govNot blockedhttp://history.state.govBlockedhttps://travel.state.govas of 2026Not blockedhttp://dvlottery.state.govUnresolvablehttp://2009-2017.state.govas of 2026Not blockedhttp://2001-2009.state.govas of 2026Not blockedhttp://2017-2021.state.govNot blockedhttps://travel.state.gov/k1as of 2026Not blockedhttps://dvprogram.state.govas of 2025Not blockedhttp://fsitraining.state.govUnresolvablehttps://ceac.state.gov/gennivNot enough datahttp://www.state.gov/j/drl/hras of 2026Intermittenthttp://Nvc.state.gov/interviewIntermittenthttps://www.dvlottery.state.govUnresolvablehttp://www.state.gov/j/drl/democNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/afdrNot blockedhttps://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspxNot enough datahttp://travel.state.gov/departRussiaas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.state.gov/sitemap_index.xmlNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htmNot blockedhttps://www.state.gov/countries-areas/china/as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.state.gov/report/custom/69b4d2c1a9/as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/191692.htmNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/05/210165.htmNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/06/243157.htmas of 2026Not blockedhttp://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/191692.htmas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/06/282922.htmNot blockedhttps://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tw-lgflag.gifIntermittenthttp://www.state.gov/communist-china-and-the-free-worlds-futureNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/on-the-30th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-squareNot blockedhttps://www.state.gov/on-the-30th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-squareas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.state.gov/on-the-34th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-squareas of 2026Not blockedhttp://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/china.htmlas of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/02/119430.htmNot blockedhttp://2017-2021.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20252227053978.jpgNot blockedhttps://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/iv-dv-supplemental/GUZ_+Guangzhou.pdfNot blockedhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/chinaNot blockedhttps://www.state.gov/the-administrations-approach-to-the-peoples-republic-of-chinaNot blockedhttp://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204193as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.state.gov/translations/chinese/on-the-35th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square-zh/as of 2026Not blockedhttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/china-travel-advisory.htmlNot blockedhttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2021/visa-bulletin-for-january-2021.htmlas of 2026Not blocked
About state.gov and the Great Firewall
Results vary across state.gov: of 48 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 7 are disrupted some of the time, 34 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS. 1,585 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-21, the most recent on 2026-07-27.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://state.gov is intermittent, https://state.gov is not blocked. 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 state.gov. 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.
Elsewhere on the site
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