China

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China is a country in East Asia.

China
Wikimedia organizationsWikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong
Projects censoredAll projects
WikiprojectWikiProject China
Editors
CategoryCategory:Chinese Wikipedians
Major Wikipedias by active editors
(5-99 edits per month)
German~380 (~36% of country, ~6% of project)
French~270 (~25% of country, ~4% of project)
English~240 (~23% of country, ~0.4% of project)
Italian~50 (~4% of country, ~0.7% of project)
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Major Wikipedias by very active editors
(100+ edits per month)
German~60 (~40% of country, ~5% of project)
French~30 (~18% of country, ~2% of project)
English~20 (~11% of country, ~0.3% of project)
Readers
Major projects by monthly pageviews
German Wikipedia~59.62M (~47% of country, ~5% of project)
English Wikipedia~28.97M (~23% of country, ~0.4% of project)
French Wikipedia~23.44M (~18% of country, ~3% of project)
Italian Wikipedia~6.08M (~5% of country, ~0.9% of project)
Commons~1.15M (~0.9% of country, ~1% of project)
Spanish Wikipedia~880K (~0.7% of country, ~0.1% of project)
Russian Wikipedia~740K (~0.6% of country, ~0.1% of project)
Portuguese Wikipedia~493K (~0.4% of country, ~0.2% of project)
French Wiktionary~474K (~0.4% of country, ~3% of project)
German Wiktionary~461K (~0.4% of country, ~5% of project)
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User groups[edit]

Recognized user groups[edit]

Formerly recognized user groups[edit]

Proposed user groups[edit]

Formerly proposed[edit]

Site blocks[edit]

All Wikimedia projects are currently blocked in Mainland China and a proxy is required to access. (See the Wikipedia for more information)

Advice on using Tor is listed at Wikipedia:Advice to users using Tor.

Office actions on Wikimedias of Mainland China[edit]

In September 2021, The Wikimedia Foundation globally banned seven user related to the unrecognized Wikimedians of Mainland China, revoked administrator rights from twelve, and gave out warnings to twelve other users. Four of the top ten most active administrators on the Chinese Wikipedia had their rights revoked.

World Intellectual Property Organization blocks[edit]

The Wikimedia Foundation's applications to become an observer of the World Intellectual Property Organization has been blocked by China in 2020,[1] 2021[2] and 2023[3]

Observer applications for Wikimedia Deutschland,[4][5] Wikimedia France,[4][5] Wikimedia Italia,[4][5] Wikimedia México,[4] Wikimedia Sverige,[4][5] Wikimedia CH,[4][5] Wikimedia Argentina[5] and Wikimedia South Africa[5] have also been rejected.

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