March 22, 2011
by Alice Xin Liu
Behind China’s Gmail block
For the past few weeks Chinese users have been frequently struggling with access to Gmail and two days ago Google accused the government of disturbing its email service. “This is a government blockage, carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail,” Google said in a statement on Sunday. The Chinese government has made no formal response to the service disruption. The accusations follow pro-democracy calls in the Middle East and North Africa, with demand for similar protests in China intensifying during the National People’s Congress, China’s annual Parliament session. Blocks on Facebook, Twitter and for a short time LinkedIn, are no longer considered news, but with increasing interference in cell phones and other technologies, it’s clear that the [...]

