Google’s global website was blocked in China on Wednesday night, marking an escalation in Beijing’s unprecedented crackdown on the world’s leading search engine company.

Attempts to access Google.com and Gmail from different computers in Beijing started failing after 9pm local time, but the websites could be accessed through proxy servers – normally a sign that a website is being blocked by internet censors. The service in Beijing at least was back after two hours.

Source : www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e4ccdce-60cf-11de-aa....html?nclick_check=1

Thanks for sharing the story.....

Below post also describes it all:

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/24/google-china-censors

In my point of view, this is very rude. It's OK about dropping pornographic websites, but what else? People form various regions of the world will request to drop things off the listings. It's not going to work if Google is going to listen to all these requests.

I love Google, actually We love Google because it's a search engine which always saves the day. I don't like to see it becoming a crappy useless service.

This is all I have to say to China - Just block those unwanted web sites, but not Google. Google is a main information source when it comes to developing (and many other fields). So you'll loose more than you think if you try to take it off.

Google or NOT, people already know how to bypass those limitations.


GOOGLE,,, Please be GOOGLE which we always loved.............

I agree with you. May be china wants to have their own search engine which compete with google.