June 25, 2009 at 06:07 a.m.Google is blocked in China
From yesterday, from 21:00 Beijing time, messages began to arrive from all over China that the Google site , its search results, the Gmail mail service and other services of the Internet giant stopped opening .
At the moment, all Google services for residents of China remain blocked, except for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. It is worth noting that the Chinese version of the search engine google.com.cn or g.cn is working properly, although it still fails to open links located on the google.com/ domain, for example: log in to your account ("登录").
At the same time, journalist Mark Zavadsky reports that in Beijing, Google, as well as the Google Reader service, so far opens without problems. However, several worried messages have already appeared on the Internet:
At first, LiveJournal was unavailable in China (so, by the way, I have not learned how to write here. I still can’t learn back) and Wikipedia. now both are open, but banned twitter (well, to hell with him, to be honest) and youtube (which is a pity, but okay too), but when Google stopped opening today after 12 nights, I just got into a state of wild shock. There is all the mail, all the most important contacts. Yes, half of China has Google mail, what will they do ??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaa. I really hope that this is a temporary insanity.
- leo_dreamer
The Eastern Hemisphere forum is currently discussing and collecting information about the current state of blocking:
What about Google and Google Mail today?
Or is it just my cant?
I can’t go in all evening / although at half past five everything was still normally opening /, but it comes out from under the torus with a creak, although it also happens once.
Who's guilty? Again?
Or is it Google’s jambs on the server?
- Sibery
I also don’t have Google. In Pekin.
- alexeisf
A few days earlier, Web Planet reported that Chinese authorities accused Google of finding the site to filter inappropriate content. Then, perhaps this blocking is temporary, until the search filters are configured according to the regulations of the government.
Olga Motyleva (Shanghai) in her facebook reports that Google works fine. Let me remind you that in China there are only two Internet providers: China Netcom (中国 网通) and China Telecom (中国 电信). Often, blocking sites in China is carried out gradually, from the beginning with one provider, then with another. As the sad experience of Magazines, Wikipedia, Livejournal showed, all these sites at one time were disconnected from region to region, which introduced some misinformation about the real situation.
Update 1
According to the latest data in Shanghai, only private users of China Telecom (中国 电信) lost access to Google services. China NetCom users have no problems yet. According to unconfirmed reports, corporate clients of providers also have access. Perhaps this is due to the fact that with the growing popularity of Google, many companies are switching their email to Gmail technology.
Update 2
About blocking Google began to write foreign electronic publications:
Nevertheless, comments appeared from company representatives in the PRC. So the official representative of Google in China, Tsui Jin confirmed that access to the site was disabled yesterday after 9 pm.
The Guardian also quotes Li Kaifu, the head of Chinese Google:
"We have received your feedback, we are just investigating, please be patient and wait for feedback from Google overseas, thanks for your support."
No official comments have yet been received from the parent company Google.
I continue to monitor the situation and update this news at this address: here .