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Google Returns to China

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cracks-in-the-great-firewall dept.

knownsense writes "Wired News is reporting that Google's mysterious Chinese block is now off and users in China can now get to the search engine. Google was being redirected for a while within China and users within China were being redirected to no-name "China friendly" search engines."

3 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. Wow, this is something new :) by jukal · · Score: 3, Informative
    Web users surprised as Google goes back online
    China's ban on Google Web search engine lifted
    Chinese government backs down on Google
    China ends Google block
    China lifts Google restrictions
    Wall comes down around Google in China
    Google back online in China
    ...this might be 4.2% of the stories :)

    Anyway, I assume they lifted the ban just until they have had time to develop the system so that it is a bit harder to go around it. We might see the blockings again within a few weeks.

  2. Google Weblog by semaj · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's more Google news posted on the Google Weblog, if anyone's interested.

    Plus, they don't seem to repeat stories :-)

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    Meep meep
  3. CNN Article by leibnizme · · Score: 2, Informative

    CNN's article has a more comprehensive version of the AP report:

    CNN Article