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Hi, I'm in Shanghai and can reach Github fine, and there are no engineers speaking about github being blocked within China.

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Also, in Shanghai, also works fine without VPN. The GFW can vary by province. I remember HN being blocked in Shenzhen but not Shanghai six years ago.

There are a website called https://www.17ce.com/, it's a speed test service, but their server mainly located in China (Of course, it's a Chinese website), so it can be used to test status of some GFW blocks.

That website tells me GitHub is fine, and that's all, I guess.

This is the speed test result for Google.com https://imgur.com/eOoxthu

This is the result for GitHub.com https://imgur.com/T9o0U79 (Red == Delay was very bad)

If they’re blocking using DNS, maybe GitHub is still in cache for you?

I thought that also, but no, I can access it on my computer and my phone, so I think it's just an overreaction on OP's part.

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