发信人: bmwlover (bmwlover), 信区: Military
标 题: Gmail is now totally blocked in China
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 29 08:51:25 2014, 美东)
Published: Dec 29, 2014 6:45 a.m. ET
China has upped the ante in its longstanding censorship of all things Google
. In the six months since Google’s mail service Gmail was blocked in
mainland China, users had been able to access it using third-party email
applications such as Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.
Beijing now appears to have closed the loophole, completely shutting down
access to Gmail behind the so-called Great Firewall. Google GOOG, +0.99%
data showed Gmail appeared to have been walled off starting Friday. Google
spokesman Taj Meadows acknowledged the drop in traffic and said Monday that
“there’s nothing wrong on our end.”
China’s State Internet Information Office did not immediately respond to a
request for comment Monday. At a daily press briefing, Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she wasn’t aware of the matter. She added
that the government “always welcomes foreign businesses to carry out
relevant work in China.”
Beijing doesn’t always publicize its reasons for shutting down websites,
permanently or temporarily. In the past, such censorship has tended to
coincide with periods of politically sensitive anniversaries or big
political conferences in the capital like its annual legislature.
The last time Google came under such attack was in June, ahead of the 25
anniversary of Beijing’s deadly suppression of the Tiananmen Square pro-
democracy protests. During that round, Google’s suite of services including
Google+, Gchat and Drive were all shut down. It was the first time that
Beijing had blocked Google services to such a significant extent ahead of a
Tiananmen anniversary.
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Monday, December 29, 2014
Gmail is now totally blocked in China
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