CN – China blocks Google website: “(FT)
Google?s global website was blocked in China on Wednesday night, marking an escalation in Beijing?s unprecedented crackdown on the world?s leading search engine company. Attempts to access Google.com and Gmail from different computers in Beijing started failing after 9pm local time, but the websites could be accessed through proxy servers ? normally a sign that a website is being blocked by internet censors. The service in Beijing at least was back after two hours. The blocking came after Google appeared to resist an earlier order to restrict access to foreign websites through Google.cn, its local website.

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(Via QuickLinks Update.)