China accuses Google of lying to the authorities of blocking e-mail service Gmail. China denies Google reports that the country is behind the e-mail service Gmail has been blocked. The Chinese foreign ministry is now to counterattack.
It is unacceptable, “said Jiang Yu, spokesperson of the ministry, the news agency BBC News. The statement came after Google on Monday reported that many users had difficulty using Gmail, as a result of the Chinese authorities’ blocking. Google’s data came after the company found that the service was not working as it should, but that it still could not find any technical problems.
Previously, Gmail suffered from attempts by hackers to steal accounts used by Chinese dissidents, attacks, traced to China. Google now claims that China is blocking Google in a way that makes it look like the service have access problems.
There are no technical problems on our side. We checked that very carefully, “said a spokesperson from Google, which concludes that the blocking by the Chinese authorities are structured such that it will look like a problem with Gmail.
In the past, inter alia, YouTube and Blogger have been blocked, as well as including Twitter and Facebook. This is in contrast to Chinese social media, on the other hand, closely monitored by authorities.
A user from China, which CS has been in contact with the state that Gmail for him is only accessible through specific URL-hacking, or via a VPN connection, not over the regular Internet. Lots of foreign VPN vendors have been blocked last few days, finds the user, who wishes to remain anonymous.
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