Google Disappears In China

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 1, 2002 @06:55PM 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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Google's cache by 42sd · 2002-09-01 19:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

Is it possible that google's cache allows the Chinese to view 'forbidden' websites?
Re:Waitaminute by lpontiac · 2002-09-01 19:12 · Score: 1, Redundant

Goatse.cx [harvard.edu] is A-OK by Chinese authorities, but google isn't?

China has a problem with political speech, free flow of ideas, dissent and the like. I doubt the inside of a man's rectum rates as highly on their scale of things that should be oppressed.