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Is Gemini blocked in China?

Voidly verdict: Blocked · vendor geo-restriction

Yes — Gemini is effectively unavailable in China: Google does not serve China (vendor geo-restriction), on top of network filtering. The domain may still respond at a CDN edge — Voidly measures 3% raw network reachability — but that is not the same as the service working.

reachability: 3%evidence: 60domain: gemini.google.com

The situation

Google services are broadly filtered in mainland China, and Gemini is not officially offered there. Both network and provider layers restrict access.

How to read this verdict

A "blocked" verdict reflects what our probes observe at the network layer. Because Gemini rides on Google infrastructure, its reachability often tracks Google’s broader filtering.

Voidly measures network reachability only — whether the service loads from inside the country. That is distinct from a provider declining sign-ups in a region (a policy layer we do not conflate with network blocking).

What people do about it

  • A VPN to a supported region.
  • Locally-available models for routine use.
This page draws from Voidly's live AI-reachability data.

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Measured by Voidly's global probe network, cross-referenced with OONI, Censored Planet, and IODA. Network reachability only; verdicts update continuously. CC BY 4.0.