Beijing Blocks Baidu.com's Japan Website
A Bloomberg News article, via The International Herald Tribune, reports that:
Baidu.com, operator of the most-used Chinese Internet search engine, said its Japan Web site, which has links to pornography and critics of the Chinese government, has been blocked in mainland China.More here.
The Japan site has not been accessible within mainland China for two days, Wei Fang, a Baidu spokesman, said Wednesday, declining to provide a reason. The site, which carries advertising from small and medium-sized Chinese companies, can be accessed from outside the mainland.
Wang Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, the nation's Internet regulator, declined to comment.
The blockage highlights the challenge of operating in a market where the government bans criticism against the state and denies access on the mainland to Web sites like the one for Amnesty International.
posted by Fergie @ 4/18/2007 07:07:00 AM
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