China blocks Gmail at the IP level

[uhnope]

Source: IDG News Service

China is apparently blocking Google's Gmail service in the latest move by the country to curb foreign Internet services.

Internet performance monitoring company, Dyn Research, said Sunday that China was blocking Gmail at the IP level when served from Hong Kong.

All Gmail traffic to China is through Hong Kong and affected by the block, unless users deploy evasion techniques, wrote Earl Zmijewski, Dyn's vice president of analytics, in an email.

Google's real-time measure of traffic patterns for its services also indicated a sharp drop in Gmail traffic in China after Christmas. "We've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end," Google said via email.

Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2863390/china-blocks-gmail-at-the-ip-level.html

[Just for Fun]

1. Let China be its own Intranet.

Cut China off from the world of Internet, and see how they like it - in other words, China censors itself.

After spending hours watching maps.ipviking.com - I'm convinced that it's the best approach.

[davidpdx]

2. Not surprising

I lived there for a year and getting around "the great firewall" was a pain in the ass. Other sites that are blocked include Facebook and Wikipedia.