Access to Google is blocked in China for 25 years since Tiananmen Incident

ByJeff Widener

On June 4, 2014, the Chinese People's Liberation Army carried out armed oppression against the protesters of the general public, centering on students who were gathering for democratization at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, I got casualtiesTiananmen IncidentIt is 25 years since the occurrence of the day. In touching this, information control by the authorities is strengthened in China, but almost all services such as search provided by Google, Gmail, translation, etc. are stopped.

Google disrupted prior to to Tiananmen Anniversary; Mirror sites enable uncensored access to information | GreatFire.org
https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2014/jun/google-disrupted-prior-tiananmen-anniversary-mirror-sites-enable-uncensored-access

China Escalating Attack on Google - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/business/chinas-battle-against-google-heats-up.html

This is an organization that opposes online censorship in ChinaGreatFire.orgThe thing which clarified. The influence extends to almost all services such as text search and image search, Google translation, Gmail, etc. provided by Google, furthermore from mainland China [Www.google.com.hk] Or [Www.google.com],Also[Www.google.fr] Is restricted access to the site of other countries such as].

The censorship system used in China excluding Hong Kong and MacaoGold shieldIt is sometimes called "Great Firewall" by calling "Great Wall" meaning "Great Wall" in what is called Kinjun.

Mechanism of China's censorship system "Great Firewall" - GIGAZINE


It is unclear whether this measure is temporary related to the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Incident, but since this block has already been a long 4 days long, at GreatFire.org we will continue to Pointed out the possibility of being a continuing measure that can be continued. The Chinese authorities have blocked Google's site for 12 hours in 2012, and this time it shows that they accumulated know-how on this large block like this time.

We have a way to avoid this block, but it seems that it has not been executed yet. It is not yet regulatedContent delivery networkIt is possible to provide services via via the Internet, or incorporate actions to avoid blocking by adding code to the browser "Chrome" provided by the company.

なお、GreatFire.orgではGoogleのブロックを回避する方法として、[https://203.208.41.144]を使ってGoogleに直接アクセする方法や、Hosts fileShows how to access www.google.com.hk by adding [203.208.41.144] or [203.208.41.145] to

In the movement over Internet regulation, the Turkish Erdogan regime blocked access to YouTube with the aim of suppressing criticism of the government, but since the Turkish Constitutional Court judged it to be unconstitutional, it cut off for the first time in 67 days Has been canceled.

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