If you find that you are not receiving anymore visits from China, or have Chinese customers complain about not being able to visit your website, it might be because the site has been blocked by the Great Firewall. Below are some online tools that you can use to find out the truth:

1-Website Pulse: A great tool to ping websites from Shanghai, Beijing or Hong Kong. You also have the option to choose a non-China location (Seattle, Munich or Brisbane)

www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html

2-Just Ping: Over 30 locations available worldwide (including Shanghai), you can ping either a website or an IP address

www.just-ping.com/index.php

3-Watchmouse: Also offering pinging from 30 locations including Shanghai in China:

www.watchmouse.com/en/ping.php

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