theworld.org
All blocked
Every URL under theworld.org that we can reach a verdict on — 2 of them — is blocked in mainland China. The site itself, https://theworld.org, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 23 tests have been run under this domain since 2022-08-06, the most recent on 2026-04-18.
The site itself
https://theworld.orgas of 2026BlockedPages and subdomains (1)
https://theworld.org/stories/2016-06-03/how-china-has-censored-words-relating-tiananmen-square-anniversaryas of 2026BlockedAbout theworld.org and the Great Firewall
Every URL under theworld.org that we can reach a verdict on — 2 of them — is blocked in mainland China. The site itself, https://theworld.org, is blocked. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 23 tests have been run under this domain since 2022-08-06, the most recent on 2026-04-18.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks theworld.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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Each URL's status is its verdict over the last 90 days, the same one its own page headlines.