China Starts/Stops Blocking Google

shekared was one of a number of readers to write in to tell a similar story. He says "I'm an American currently living and working in Chongqing, China. As of 9am (UTC +8) China began blocking google.com, gmail.com, google analytics and many if not most other google sites other than google.cn. Internet speed for connections outside the mainland have in general have come to a crawl. Surprisingly this has yet to pick up major coverage in the press. Using an open proxy or VPN for connection to hosts outside of the mainland continues to allow access to google, as does connecting directly to a google.com IP address. As of 6pm (UTC +8) access to gmail and google.com have returned to normal."

Comments

Re:Please come to the local station

[francium de neobie]

Republic of China is Taiwan, not mainland China.

Re:Please come to the local station

[sakdoctor]

You're correct.

A Chinese passport says "People's republic of China" (PRC), and a Taiwanese passport says "Republic of China" (ROC)
Supermarkets in China will often have imported goods under the label "Chinese Taiwan"

Let's leave the details for diplomats, our government overlords, and deranged Chinese nationalists to squabble over.