Google Blocked in China to Lower CCP’s "Meeting" Tension – Video

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 11:42 pm




Google Blocked in China to Lower CCP #39;s "Meeting" Tension
Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com The 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) just began and is expected to last about a week. Media reported that Google asserts its search engine and other web services in China have been blocked in large areas. Associated Press (AP) said that the cut off started from 5 pm on November 9, Beijing time. Some of China #39;s netizens confirmed failure in unblocking CCP #39;s web censorship. And the Chinese keyword of "the 18th Party Congress" has been filtered on China #39;s search engine. The BBC has reported that Google #39;s Transparency Report showed a sharp drop in web traffic from November 9. Google services in China became inaccessible, said the BBC. GreatFire.org, Chinese web-censorship monitoring group, affirmed the news in a blog last Friday. Google #39;s search engine, email, and other internet services were all cut off in China. The AP stated that "at a politically sensitive time", "restricting access to Google #39;s search engine might make it more difficult for people in China to find information about the candidates vying to steer the ruling party." Li Yuanlong, former Guizhou Party newspaper journalist, says that anti-censorship software recently did not work. Li Yuanlong: "Neither Freegate nor UltraSurf proxy can work. Apparently, the CCP has blocked the web for the 18th Party Congress. This meeting has actually put the regime under great tension. It fears social turmoil could occur at this critical ...From:ChinaForbiddenNewsViews:60 3ratingsTime:03:25More inNews Politics

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