thefire.org
Mixed
Results vary across thefire.org: of 3 URLs tested, 2 are blocked and 1 loads normally. The site itself, https://thefire.org, is blocked. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 37 tests have been run under this domain since 2018-01-26, the most recent on 2026-09-13.
The site itself
https://thefire.orgBlockedhttps://www.thefire.orgas of 2026Not blockedPages and subdomains (1)
http://thefire.org/news/blogs/free-speech-dispatch/video-35th-anniversary-massacre-tiananmen-important-because-itsBlockedAbout thefire.org and the Great Firewall
Results vary across thefire.org: of 3 URLs tested, 2 are blocked and 1 loads normally. The site itself, https://thefire.org, is blocked. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 37 tests have been run under this domain since 2018-01-26, the most recent on 2026-09-13.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks thefire.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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