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Censorship Monitor · China Last test

Is X (Twitter) banned in China?

Yes. China has blocked Twitter since June 2009, and the block carried over to x.com after the 2023 rebrand.

Today’s test · x.com

Blocked

x.com fails to open on China Unicom and China Mobile, twice, while it opens from other countries.

Last confirmed
Seen in our tests since
29 Sep 2026 (may be older)
How it fails
The secure connection stalls
Tested on
China Unicom and China Mobile
Test X (Twitter) yourself › Everything we test in China

The official status

X (Twitter) in China

Twitter became unreachable in China on 2 June 2009, two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, along with Hotmail, Flickr and Bing.

The block was never lifted, and it covers the x.com address used since the 2023 rebrand. Independent tests from inside China found x.com blocked in every test in the three months to October 2026.

What people use instead

Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, and WeChat.

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How to use X (Twitter) in China

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Around the world

Where else is X (Twitter) blocked?

X (Twitter) is also blocked in 2 other countries we test.

It opens in 21 of the 23 other countries with a current result.

X (Twitter) in every country we test ›

China

What else is blocked in China?

52 of the other 66 sites and apps we test are blocked in China.

All 67 results for China ›

History

Changes for X (Twitter) in China

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.

Method

How we test

  • Every day, test machines on China Unicom and China Mobile home connections open x.com.
  • A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
  • A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
  • Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
  • We test the website over home broadband. The app, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.

Full method ›

Questions

X (Twitter) in China: questions

Does X (Twitter) Work in China?

No. China has blocked Twitter since June 2009, and the block carried over to x.com after the 2023 rebrand.

Why Was Twitter Blocked in China?

It was cut off on 2 June 2009, two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as officials tightened control ahead of the date.

Is X Still Blocked in China After the Rebrand?

Yes. Independent tests have found x.com blocked since July 2023, including every test in the three months to October 2026.

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Source: vpnAlert Censorship Monitor, https://vpnalert.com/tools/censorship-monitor/china/x-twitter/

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