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www.voicechronicle.com_tech-and-science 2015 0000292.txt

#China Blocks Google's Gmail According to Google, their Gmail service is virtually inaccessible in Mainland china. The search giants believe that this is the latest step in a steady ousting of its service from the nation. After months of disruptions to its service, Google Gmail seems to have finally been blocked by the country reat firewall Large number of Chinese Gmail users said that they haven been able to access their emails for the past four days. According to Greatfire. org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group, e think the government is just trying to further eliminate Google presence in China and even weaken its market overseas. Imagine if Gmail users might not get through to Chinese clients. Many people outside China might be forced to switch away from Gmail. Google Transparency Report, which shows real-time traffic to Google services, displayed a sharp decline in the traffic to Gmail from China. The company stated that there is nothing wrong on their end. The communist government of China maintains a tight control over the nation internet. It is always quick to act against any signs of dissent or criticism of its party leadership. The country also has the world most sophisticated internet censorship mechanism. Tech experts call it reat Firewall of China. This year, which also marked the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations, has seen heavy censorship of the foreign media by the Chinese authorities. Google has been facing problems in the country, since June this year. However, its users could still access email downloads via protocols like Imap, SMTP and Pop3, which let people communicate using Gmail on apps like the Apple iphone Mail and Microsoft Outlook. Meanwhile, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, said, e do not know anything about Google being blocked. China has had consistently a welcoming and supportive attitude towards foreign investors doing legitimate business here. We will, as always, provide an open, transparent and good environment for foreign companies in China. Tech experts have said that using VPN (Virtual Private Network) seems to be the only answer against Chinese internet censorship. The VPN allows unhindered access to blocked sites and services

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