After the riot happened in Xinjiang, Northwestern China, where 140 people have been killed due to the clash between the demostrators and the police, the government of China controlled the country’s media by blocking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Two weeks ago, almost all Google services have also been blocked.

China’s access to Twitter and Facebook – or the lack thereof – can be tested on WebsitePulse.

To perform the ‘Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China’, the monitoring agent resolves the domain name from selected location in China, connects to the test website and downloads the complete HTML content. The test results display DNS lookup time, time to connect, time to download the first byte and time to download the complete HTML of the tested web site. The total response time shows how long it takes for your website to download.

Some speculated that the ban was put into order due to the nearing 10-year anniversary of Tiananmen Square tragedy.

Others also speculated that most likely, this ban is temporary until things settle down in Northern China.

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