Today, I was extremely frustrated that two of the websites I developed and hosted at Godaddy.com were not accessible inside China. Did a trace route (run tracert.exe from command line) from the client’s PC inside China and found that the site was blocked at an IP address that is registered under CNC Group in Beijing China. Then I did more research on Google and discovered that website blocking is quite common in China, and some people pointed me to use a web Ping tool to find out how a Http request to you r website page travels through the Internet. The tool vividly showing the locations across the globe a Ping command travels, and it tabulated the information, including the Name of hub (location), result, IP, and average RRT.

To access this tool, go to http://www.just-ping.com and enter your website address.

Some others recommended going through VPN to access websites without restriction. One commenter recommended using http://www.vpninchina.com/; it costs 3 Euro a month, or 36 Euro a year to use the VPN software.