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Google Disappears In China

Posted by timothy on from the man-vs.-state dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "The censorship in China was finally getting better since people were 'allowed' to read the CNN news now (except for certain articles). But since this weekend it seems that a new web page has been censored in China. Since this weekend it looks like everyone in China is not 'allowed' to use google.com anymore. google.com was also gaining populairity in China as the better search engine (which also works fine in Chinese). But now I guess it got too popular and thus not allowed. Or does it have anything to do with Yahoo signing the agreement to censor?" Comments to yesterday's post "Real-Time Testing of China's Internet Filters" also noted that Google has gone missing within China.

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  1. p2p by asv108 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe google labs can whip up a quick p2p client that will allow people to use google in places where it is blocked.

  2. Google.cn? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why doesn't Google set up a bunch of servers operating within China, behind Chinese firewalls, so that Google cannot index or cache pages the government doesn't approve of?

    They could call it google.cn...

    1. Re:Google.cn? by raspubejo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Well, they are businessmen enough to filter websites when they get enough pressure from government. try searching for www.stormfront.org on google.de, then on google.com. (This is just an example for googles censorship, I do not sympathise with this topic)

  3. Not Rumors by Istealmymusic · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Here's your reference:
    Starting testing...
    Stage one testing complete.
    Stage two testing complete.

    Testing complete for http://google.com/. Result:
    Reported as inaccessible in China

    Yam is accessible, and so is Yahoo.

    Too bad China overlooked Google proxies...they exist you know.

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  4. Which is better: censorship or propaganda by jukal · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I don't like censorship. But I also don't like the fact that in the countries that allow free speech, the biggest megaphones are controlled by only a very small group of companies and individuals.

    Basicly, if the media wants, they can brainwash majority of people in believing anything they want.

    In the case of censorship, you know atleast, that you don't have access to unbiased information - and you know that if you want to create an unbiased opinion, you need to do it yourself.

    But, as we have free speech, it is easy to leave thinking to the media, and let someone else form your opinion. So, to some extent, I think that the fact that media is controlled by tiny interest groups, is maybe even a bigger threat than censorship.

  5. Re:More on the Great Firewall of China by evbergen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ah, now I finally understand why there are so many open proxies in China and why I get so much spam through them!

    Interesting. If they're indeed left open for that reason, I'd almost change my opinion of the admins running them...

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  6. Re:Sites inaccessible in China by TheSync · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does the US currently have any plans for a "regime shift" over there?

    No - China, unlike Iraq, has already developed nuclear weapons.